Ann S. Bedell Fraktur Portrait AND 1851 Marriage Certificate with Hair Locks gas a name carved into the

a name carved into the wood at the top of one side

I just love its immediacy and directness and the relative crudeness of her fantastic profile

with flagged corners and fold lines here and there and general wear

suggesting that it would have been hung from something and worn

Ann S. Bedell Fraktur Portrait AND 1851 Marriage Certificate with Hair Locks gas a name carved into theLast week it was an Esther whose 19th century watercolor self portrait I feel in love with, this week it is Ann Bedell, portrayed in this wonderful mid 19th century ink Fraktur drawing. I found it along with her wedding certificate from 1851, which it seems right to keep with it, especially as it includes braided lock of Ann's dark hair, along with a lock from her husband William Gay. The two were married in the town of New Baltimore, Green County,