Ann S. Bedell Fraktur Portrait AND 1851 Marriage Certificate with Hair Locks ballantine Woven together are distorted proverbs

Woven together are distorted proverbs

certainly a lovingly made

no flaws that I can see

winged demons and serpents at bottom

"More Tales from the Igloo" is the follow up to "Tales From the Igloo

Ann S. Bedell Fraktur Portrait AND 1851 Marriage Certificate with Hair Locks ballantine Woven together are distorted proverbsLast 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,