Early 19th Century Watercolor of Blue House with Willow red and white sign but he's wonderfully homely

but he's wonderfully homely

The magazine was best known for the hand-tinted fashion plate that appeared at the start of each issue

very 1970s

a reward of merit (looks like her first name was Elizabeth) and a clipped poem pasted on the reverse side of the page

It's really a lovely thing

Early 19th Century Watercolor of Blue House with Willow red and white sign but he's wonderfully homelyOne sees watercolors of houses done in this manner in early 19th century school notebooks and I swoon every time I see one. This one I found in Maine in a pile of early 19th century rewards of merit, and I happen to know that is what this one is too. I quickly popped it in this simple wooden frame (probably early 20th c.) to keep it safe, mounted to archival board with archival tape and would leave it just as is unless one has a terrific period frame