
12/28/2020
Why 18th-century lovers exchanged portraits of their eyes | Boing Boing
18th-century eye portraits are sure to make a comeback! https://boingboing.net/2020/12/26/why-18th-century-lovers-exchanged-portraits-of-their-eyes.html
Apparently there was a trend — beginning in the late 18th century, and continuing for a few decades — of lovers exchanging tiny portraits of one of their eyes, and wearing them mounted …