I don't repeat gossip so listen carefully

Size - 26 cms by 35 cms
Style of frame -  beautiful polished wood (?Mahogany?) frame
Fabric / Background - a silhouette of a woman in a bonnet holding what looks like a prayer book. Silhouettes were exceptionally popular from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century (roughly 1750s–1850s), peaking during the 1770s–1800s. They were favored because they were quick, inexpensive alternatives to portrait miniatures before photography, popularized by neoclassical tastes, and associated with physiognomy—the study of character through facial features.
Wording is gossiping a natural phenomenon?