Pair of Love Birds, 1830s Folk Art Watercolor in Period Paint Decorated Frame hand-carved game board embodiments of resourceful women making

embodiments of resourceful women making utilitarian things special

with "the bramble" to the rear of his house

17" l x 8" w x 1/4" thick and in very good

The chunk of wood still attached the back makes him appear to be carrying around the weight of the world

Pair of Love Birds, 1830s Folk Art Watercolor in Period Paint Decorated Frame hand-carved game board embodiments of resourceful women makingA very naive early watercolor of a pair of lovebirds sitting atop a nest of green punctuated by pink roses well, of course. And in a great paint decorated frame of the same period, which makes it feel all the sweeter. 1836 is written on the back of the frame of this one, I am more or less certain noting the precise year of the watercolor's making (probably written on the back of the watercolor itself.) Charming. 7 1 4" x 4 3 4". Wear to the surface of