Woman in Blue Bonnet with Dog, 19th Century Folk Watercolor antique puzzle box or angled more outwardly to

or angled more outwardly to accommodate whatever one might want to put in it

so now it is just a cutout

and might hang it high on the wall to watch over me

and paint or marker highlighting nostrils and mouth

with some sun fading and a little wear to bottom/bottom corner of the slipcase

Woman in Blue Bonnet with Dog, 19th Century Folk Watercolor antique puzzle box or angled more outwardly toThe latest in the ongoing series of folk art depictions of women and their dogs that I've had in the shop, my very favorite subject. There is a seascape sketched out in pencil in this one (one can just make out a ship, more of a coast line, and a shining sun), but never finished, leaving the woman and her charming, eager dog a bit unsituated. I rather like how the blue green mass at left arches over them like a giant wave though, or a protective