Elastic Ariel and Monsieur Mercury, c.1840s Hand-colored Engraving William Charles Palmer snowman Plus a bit of a

Plus a bit of a different disposition on each side based largely on the painting of the eyes

The four little pedestal legs upon which the tub rests are pretty great too

and a number that are truly marbled in color

or small treasures of many sorts

a few of which were written on in pencil

Elastic Ariel and Monsieur Mercury, c.1840s Hand-colored Engraving William Charles Palmer snowman Plus a bit of aA small thing, which was clearly extracted from a 19th century scrapbook, but which I find just wonderful. I believe the questions along the bottom are riddles, and would guess the answers begin with the letters "T" and "U," printed at upper right which would also imply that there was once a whole alphabet's worth. Terrific block printed color, and I sure love their balletic postures and starry wands! An image search on this one turns up nothing, so