Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #3 adam and eve 10" long x 7" tall

10" long x 7" tall x 3 1/2" deep

framed size 10

and that there was at least one version of him that came with a little cub that he pushed along in front of him as he walked

which reads more as dark brown now

with bait on the end

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #3 adam and eve 10" long x 7" tallThis is one of a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together, which I think are just exquisitely beautiful! A few of them, like this one, are signed and dated at bottom, others initialed on , so they represent the work of a few different people, most likely young women, among whom seaweed collecting and pressing was quite the thing during the Victorian era. I love the fact that making these represented not just a burgeoning interest in the