Edmund Hawley's 1831 Cut Paper and Ink Drawn Valentine Kilkenny Studio PLEASE INDICATE in the NOTES

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all the better for the age and wear I think

Founded in 1898

This drawing dates to the very early 20th c

Edmund Hawley's 1831 Cut Paper and Ink Drawn Valentine Kilkenny Studio PLEASE INDICATE in the NOTESI surely would not much have enjoyed living in the 1830s, but I'm invariably smitten with the naive watercolors and ink drawings and cut paper love tokens of that decade, especially. This one, which appears to have been given to an Edmund Hawley of Norfolk (CT I believe) from an Alanson Bunnel on Dec. 2, 1831, is lovely example, combining cut paper hearts and diamonds (made by folding the paper) and ink drawn flowers and flourishes. I've turned up one