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wide 3/8 to 1/2 in
and "The Conklin Pen Co
work on paper by Jean Cotelle II (1642-1708)
This beautiful piece is in ready to wear condition
The original hinge closes tight
c. 1830 Memento Mori Portrait Old Lady, Bible & Skull common to symbolic memory Grand Tour wide 3/8 to 1/2 inA very early c. 1830's painting of an elderly lady in remembrance of a loved one. In this Watercolor Gouache painting The Lady is sitting quietly at a table in the Water powered Grain Mill. (Noted by the grain dust on her clothing) Reading her Bible and remembering her loved one. On the table next to her are her glasses case, a Skull, and a bell. The most common symbolic use of the skull is as a representation of death, mortality and the unachievable