Fantastically Colorful 19th C. American Tall Ship Watercolor in Period Frame antique carved figures the color is still very

the color is still very strong

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especially across the nose and chin of his very marvelous face

The wonderful spiderweb-like field surrounding it here suggests a nest to me

Fantastically Colorful 19th C. American Tall Ship Watercolor in Period Frame antique carved figures the color is still veryWhen I spotted this this old watercolor at Brimfield this past week, earlier than later 19th c. I believe, on wove, and I think likely once held in a school ledger I completely swooned and immediately jumped on it; its everything I love and more! Not just a fabulous naive early watercolor of a sailing ship, and waving not one but two American flags, it's the most marvelously colorful and exuberant rendering of one Ive certainly ever seen, veering