Very Exuberant Markmaking! Mid 19th Century Penwork Woman in Hat on Horse in Period Frame 1859 I had to double check

I had to double check with an eraser that these hands were drawn in pencil rather than printed

that left what appears to be a trail of almost microscopic little bites across the surface of the photo

hand-knotted twine netting

which I think one could pry it out if desired

Very Exuberant Markmaking! Mid 19th Century Penwork Woman in Hat on Horse in Period Frame 1859 I had to double checkTotal love at first sight for me with this one, starting with this woman's wonderful, very folky, wide eyed and double browed face. I've got a great love for 19th century penwork drawings, which were very much a thing, but much less so for the ones that perfectly mimic examples published in instructive books of the period it's the expressive singularity that makes them special to me, as very much the case here, this one 1850s or so I believe. A