"Sweet Sixteen" 19th C Graphite Portrait of Young Woman with Ringlets antique embroidery cushion Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum

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"Sweet Sixteen" 19th C Graphite Portrait of Young Woman with Ringlets antique embroidery cushion Gustavsberg Porcelain MuseumThis lovely young woman, with her perfectly arched brows and ringlets and pursed lips, looks to me perhaps not entirely delighted to be the "sweet sixteen" of the hand written title below. Rather, to me, she looks as if she might be at least partially mourning the loss of her childhood. I love this about her, and everything about this portrait really, just right in its original round frame with glass and hanging loop at top. C. 1860s 70s I would