Young Woman at Window, Fine c. 1840 Watercolor in Period Lemon Gold Frame original game of sentences 6 1/4" measured straight across

6 1/4" measured straight across the back

with very light wear and minor aging/ warping to the cardboard roof

of what was most likely a woman venturing out on a stroll along the seashore again and again to collect and then carefully preserve them

with wear to exterior spine

still showing a pattern of little flowers all along the horseshoe

Young Woman at Window, Fine c. 1840 Watercolor in Period Lemon Gold Frame original game of sentences 6 1/4" measured straight acrossI've got a penchant for antique portraits of young woman posed at thresholds of sorts here a lovely young woman in blue at a window, looking out as they seem very much about passage from youth to adulthood, innocence to knowing, etc., and often a certain longing in both directions at once. This watercolor, c. 1840s I believe, is finely done very much with the precision of a miniature, though it is not that small with the handling of the scarf draped