1829 Bouquet of Flowers Theorem on Velvet, Signed, With Provenance stacker there is a fair amount

there is a fair amount of staining to the two decks of questions (perhaps from spilled coffee or tea or cocktails) but the authors cards are in very good shape

or whatever

The fact that they were produced as postcards suggests they were made to be sent

Found in southern Maine

of which there are quite a wide (and sometimes wonderfully weird) variety

1829 Bouquet of Flowers Theorem on Velvet, Signed, With Provenance stacker there is a fair amountNot very often I come across an early signed and dated theorem painting on velvet, and even less often with information about its maker noted by a family member on reverse so I was quite delighted to find this one, in a period frame to boot. It was done by an Isabella Caroline Thompson, 1829, whose family I've found, with the help of knowing that her son's name was George Thomas Reid (b. 1849, Pickens County, SC) and her granddaughter Victoria Reid