SOLD North Hollow from Colby Farm, Andover, NH, 1915, Charming Naive Watercolor Signed B. Pratt color play ink on laid paper

ink on laid paper

and represent the work of a few different artists

or "lonely soul" suffering in Purgatory

I'm not sure I've ever had a ball in cage whimsy before where the (perfectly round and smooth) ball had its own special resting place

SOLD North Hollow from Colby Farm, Andover, NH, 1915, Charming Naive Watercolor Signed B. Pratt color play ink on laid paperA very sweet little naive watercolor, signed and dated 1915, and with a note on the back identifying the location at "North Hollow" from Colby Farm, Andover NH. A quick search turns up a bunch about the Colby family and Colby farm, a successful family farm that included cornfields and grazing fields for their livestock, and a historic farmhouse (now restored and known as the Cyrus Colby Farmhouse) dating to 1826. I love the old stone wall in this