The wax profile mounted and framed, with inscription verso, “Maria Ord wife of John McMullin/ daughter of Rebecca Lindemeyer & George Ord- born May 22 1779/ died May 16 1834/ Portrait was taken when she was 20 years old/ 1779”; sold together with Maria's leather-bound journal, with a printed mathematical / units of measurement and currency table pasted to interior cover, printed by Stewart & Cochran, the front blank page inscribed, “Maria Ord's Book February 7th, 1792,” and containing mathematical notes, poetry, letters to various friends, and recorded thoughts on society from a woman's perspective, dating through the early 1800s. 

H: 3 ¼ in. (wax profile only, approx.), Dia: 5 ½ in. (frame), 7 ¾ in. x 6 ¾ in. (diary)