A VICTORIAN FERNWORK COLLAGE PICTURE

A VICTORIAN FERNWORK COLLAGE PICTURE

C.1860

with various specimens mounted on a fine linen ground with an outer border with further ferns in a glazed gilt frame, the verso with a handwritten paper label inscribed 'Made and presented to Elizabeth Ann Olive by her paternal Grandfather as a token of his love and affectionate regard for her in the 14th year of her age Dec. 19th, 1861, Jehovah keep, defend, and bless, and ever on her shine, May she from hence, through life, in death and evermore, Be Thine'

90.5 x 65.5cm