Martha with a New Frock, Hand-colored 1830s B. Brammel Engraving, Philadelphia, in Beautiful Period Gilded Frame bobbins and yet also looking perhaps

and yet also looking perhaps just a bit defiant

I'm guessing these doll eyes came from a prized doll that had great sentimental value to the person--or parent of the person--who managed to have them removed from the doll and mounted on this little stand

which appears to have been a gift from the Duke of Grafton (in the southeast of Northhamptinshire

Wool and hand-dyed cotton/linen with what I believe is homespun linen on reverse

I think it would be pretty great used as the latter

Martha with a New Frock, Hand-colored 1830s B. Brammel Engraving, Philadelphia, in Beautiful Period Gilded Frame bobbins and yet also looking perhapsA few months ago I purchased my first B. Brammel hand colored engraving (Benjamin Bramell, American, 1794 1851), that one picturing "Helen and Her Rose" and it, like this one, in a wonderful period frame. I'm now officially a fan, including for the way in which the prints feel as if centering the interior lives of these young women, here absolutely making me feel how pleased and proud our dear Martha felt in her pretty new frock. And this one