She is at the gate because she wants to see who arrives first. She already knows who will arrive last.

This is Eloise Beauregard Whitmore, the muse of Bloom + Bourbon. The original was a Better Homes and Gardens cover from February 1926, painted by C. J. Monro. Amy kept Eloise and let Whitmore House go to teal ink: the arched gate with its heart cut out, the leaves overhead, a page of South Carolina newsprint laid underneath like a guest list nobody else is allowed to read. Eloise stayed in color. Coral parasol, blush silk, ribbons she tied herself.

Faulkner is a step ahead of her, half in the world and half out of it. He notices everything. He has never once been asked to repeat it.

There is one more thing in the picture. Nobody mentions it.

• Archival quality giclée · fade-resistant inks on fine art paper
• Available in 5×7 and 8×10
• Available unframed, framed (no mat), or framed with mat · see product tabs for sizing details
• Made by hand in Photoshop from public-domain sources · no AI image generation
• Original cover: C. J. Monro, Better Homes and Gardens, February 1926
• No. One of Fifty · Part of the Bloom + Bourbon collection by Paperfinch Worlds · Whitmore House EST. 1931

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Unframed

• Archival quality giclee
• Fade-resistant inks + fine art paper
• 5x7 / 8x10 / 11x14 ships flat
• 16x20 and larger ships rolled

Framed — No Mat

• Fade-resistant inks + fine art paper
• Real wood frame + glass front
• Removable backside
• Print fills the frame edge to edge — the size you select is the size on your wall

Framed — With Mat

• Fade-resistant inks + fine art paper
• Real wood frame + glass front
• Removable backside
• Your print is one size smaller, centered with a mat border — so the frame on your wall is one size larger than the print you select. Final frame sizes are as follows:

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