Mid 19th Century Watercolor and Gouache Pink Roses, From Sister to Brother fork art bird For the sake of protecting

For the sake of protecting it

mounted to chipboard backs

and later became a stretcher-bearer with the 1st Engineer Regiment

But this one needed to be had

Mid 19th Century Watercolor and Gouache Pink Roses, From Sister to Brother fork art bird For the sake of protectingVery frequently, I find one thing in a particular genre that becomes a gateway the seeking more of the same! One example of late are antique friendship paintings of flowers: a wonderful study of variations on a theme, and what a lovely thing for a friend or sibling to give to another, in this case a sister to her brother, I believe in either 1841 or 1847 (it appears to be dated at lower right, following the inscription from the "affectionate sister"