Antique Folk Art Pencil and Watercolor Drawing of Woman with Letter old handmade frame There are two existing loops

There are two existing loops for doing so

and I think pretty fabulous still

elegant and lovely

Late 19th or very early 20th century I would guess

The top is threaded

Antique Folk Art Pencil and Watercolor Drawing of Woman with Letter old handmade frame There are two existing loopsI am not certain if this woman is meant to represent the figure of Lucy Marston, beleaguered wife of Alfred, whose drunken escapades are detailed in the story of the "The Redeemed One" surrounding her in the antique scrapbook from which she was at some point cut out but she does look like one who has been through some things, and I might guess that the letter she holds in one hand, while a handkerchief in the other, may not be delivering the best of