Woman with Cross and Blue Velvet Cape, 19th C Watercolor Portrait in Period Frame brown horse with glazes --one a painterly

with glazes --one a painterly brown and dark indigo

And then this sweet fish jumping up through the hole in the ice to catch her line

and hand-carved and hand-painted

There are so many keen sampler dealers and collectors out there that for the most part I leave them alone

these feel great to hold and would make great everyday tea (or coffee) cups

Woman with Cross and Blue Velvet Cape, 19th C Watercolor Portrait in Period Frame brown horse with glazes --one a painterlyThe more time I spend with this portrait the more I love it, and love her a bit of a homely woman, perhaps, who doesn't look especially glad to be having her portrait painted, but such is clearly part of her lot in life as a woman of means, and she looks as if used to enduring things she doesn't especially like! 1820s 30s would be my guess based especially on her cape, bodice and hair style, beautifully housed in what I might guess is her original