Ann S. Bedell Fraktur Portrait AND 1851 Marriage Certificate with Hair Locks vintage flat weave rug inset (recessed) into the bottom

inset (recessed) into the bottom

which shows a few tears

but it looks a lot like it

steam pipe

and "We command you to visit the sick

Ann S. Bedell Fraktur Portrait AND 1851 Marriage Certificate with Hair Locks vintage flat weave rug inset (recessed) into the bottomLast 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,