Miss Taylor as Jose Speckhaber Wearing Rainbow Ribbons, Charles Schoettel Attributed c. 1840s Watercolor Portrait happy clown " a nod I believe

" a nod I believe to Descarte's classic work of the same title

a bit hard to read

but I don't think I've ever found one written (by a Charles Goodrich in 1862) in such a strong and confident hand as this one

its been well used and loved

all with the blacks of their big bright eyes cast heavenward

Miss Taylor as Jose Speckhaber Wearing Rainbow Ribbons, Charles Schoettel Attributed c. 1840s Watercolor Portrait happy clown " a nod I believeIt took me a bit to realize this theatrical watercolor portrait depicts a woman "Miss Taylor" as noted in the caption, portraying a male character, "Jose Speckhaber" it looks to read, though I haven't been able to place the opera, the name of which is a bit hard from me at least to decipher. (Arnotis ???} Certainly women portraying male characters, and vice verse, was not uncommon, but it does make the wonderful rainbow colored ribbons on this costume