Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #5, c. 1850s teaching morse code then painting a thin red

then painting a thin red line for the lips

Otherwise a small tear to the cover at the bottom left spine corner

There is a tiny hole in the back of each (visible in last photo) that could conceivably be used for adding a mounting pin of sorts

Ultimately

Her hair is black yarn

Antique Pressed Seaweed Specimen #5, c. 1850s teaching morse code then painting a thin redSince finding a bundle of antique seaweed pressings from the Isle of Wight a few months ago, I've been looking for more, and so was thrilled to recently find a portfolio of seven of them. They came nicely preserved inside a large piece of paper with folded edges, with "Specimens of Sea Weeds for Mrs. Bindle" hand written on the front. There is a watermark on one piece dated 1852 with the printer name A. Pirie & Sons, who were located in Aberdeen,