SOLD Marvelous Early 19th C. New England Theorem Painting, Woman with Lamb caution yellow found pinned at the corners

found pinned at the corners to a piece of black felt

Box is in great shape structurally

with gorgeous color and a wonderful range of animals represented

But only two friends ever signed it

SOLD Marvelous Early 19th C. New England Theorem Painting, Woman with Lamb caution yellow found pinned at the cornersAmong my favorite finds ever I think, and just the sort of early theorem painting I am always wanting to find. New England c. 1815 30 I know for sure, and the seller I purchased it from bought it in the early 1980s at auction from Eldred's on Cape Cod. I love the directness of the gaze of our woman in blue with little lamb wrapped in her arms seeming a picture of gentleness and goodness, and yet also looking perhaps just a bit defiant, as if to say