C. 1850 Hand-colored Queen of Clubs Transformation Card robert chapman portland To me she looks quite

To me she looks quite knowing and as if she would make for compelling company

6 7/8" long x 3 1/2" tall (at tail) x 7/8" w

Old wooden crate they were stored in included

Now it might be used to hang all sorts of things to be peeped through the window

18" long x 11 1/2" wide

C. 1850 Hand-colored Queen of Clubs Transformation Card robert chapman portland To me she looks quiteI believe this queen of clubs was part of a transformation card deck, c. 1850s often the royal cards in these decks just featured figures, while it was the pips of the numbered cards that were transformed incorporated into images. What I find especially intruiging is that her arms, though I presume actually intended to read as crossed, appear to me as if cut off at the elbows and left as stumps, which thus makes her veil read all the more as if tears