Bessie and her friends
Bessie and her Friends is a juvenile moral tale for children by Joanna H. Mathews, published in New York by R. Carter & Brothers in 1868. The pictures here are not story scenes but decorative ornament: scrolled acanthus leaves, rosettes and interlaced bands in dark line work on cream paper, most likely drawn as pattern plates. A designer could draw on them for borders, tile patterns, carved panels or Victorian-revival frames.
