Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German
Fun Fact: When She Wasn’t Sewing Flags, Betsy Ross Used To Darn Paul Bunyan’s Condoms, Date Unknown
Watercolor and gouache on laid paper
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/// Portrait of a (well-dressed) Lady Sewing,
and her smile is both charming and knowing.
Sews to quench the vile rumors
there are holes in her bloomers,
and to add extra cloth, since she’s growing.
/// She thinks, “Had I been born as a man,
sewing clothing would not be my plan.
I would harness my skills
toward the curing of ills
as a surgeon. I know that I can.”
/// She’s adept at both cutting and stitching,
so to “work” on a human she’s itching.
The sole reason she ain’t
is that blood makes her faint.
Dreams of riches she’ll have to be ditching.
/// Since her stitches are tiny and grand,
as a seamstress she’s much in demand,
On her skirt, each white dot
was assigned its own spot
and each appliquéd on it by hand.