c. 1850s-60s Transformation Card, Two of Spades iron hanger When I first saw one

When I first saw one of these antique French leather doll bodies--to which a bisque head and arms would be attached--I thought it was am extraordinarily constructed

which is in great shape

and I really love how the phrases

and I'd treat it that way

I do find the aesthetics of boxing extremely powerful

c. 1850s-60s Transformation Card, Two of Spades iron hanger When I first saw oneThis c. 1850s 60s transformation card looks very much as if hand drawn in ink, but I think must be printed, because I've found documentation of a few decks out there produced by Maclure, McDonald and Macgregor, Manchester, England, that feature it. Incorporating the pips on playing cards into characters and scenarios, transformation cards first emerged in the very early 1800s in Europe, as the standard form for playing cards had become fixed, and