Saint Anne and Virgin Mary with Stars, Mid 19th Century Folk Art Votive Shadow Box finchley establishment direct and confident this T

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8" t x 4 3/4" w x 1/2" thick

which also looks a bit like an arrow when turned on its side

from the University of Kansas at Lawrence where he was a pupil of Albert Bloch and Karl Mattern

detailing 39 different types/shapes of leaves

Saint Anne and Virgin Mary with Stars, Mid 19th Century Folk Art Votive Shadow Box finchley establishment direct and confident this TJust recently I found several little mid 19th c. shadow box forget me nots made just in this manner, which I find immensely charming, so I jumped on this when I came across it a wonderfully folky little icon honoring Saint Anne and her daughter Mary. At center is an early lithograph (c. 1830s 40s I believe), printed in Switzerland, portraying a young Mary at the knee of Anne, who points heavenward. But what I especially love is the acid green paper