Early 19th Century Watercolor of Blue House with Willow german Love love love

Love love love

and just a very lovely

and then best of all a mechanical

she looks as if she might be at least partially mourning the loss of her childhood

pale pink on front and orange on reverse

Early 19th Century Watercolor of Blue House with Willow german Love love loveOne 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