c. 1850s-60s Transformation Card, Two of Spades iron hanger a bit like the illumination

a bit like the illumination of knowledge itself

skill and patience can enable

hooked area is 19 1/4" x 16 1/8"

I do find the aesthetics of boxing extremely powerful

After finding an antique photo of a boy set within/framed by a crayon colored envelope several weeks ago

c. 1850s-60s Transformation Card, Two of Spades iron hanger a bit like the illuminationThis c. 1850s 60s transformation card looks very much as if hand drawn in ink, but I think must be printed, because I've found documentation of a few decks out there produced by Maclure, McDonald and Macgregor, Manchester, England, that feature it. Incorporating the pips on playing cards into characters and scenarios, transformation cards first emerged in the very early 1800s in Europe, as the standard form for playing cards had become fixed, and