Early American Folk Art Miniature Portrait of Young Man with Mullet wooden shelf with drawer 8 1/4” tall x 5

8 1/4” tall x 5 1/2” wide

and it seems likely that's where it originated

focusing on the presentation of illusions--like this card trick--that he had devised

so as to be useable right away as a frame

The box's interior lacquer is a deep

Early American Folk Art Miniature Portrait of Young Man with Mullet wooden shelf with drawer 8 1/4” tall x 5This folk art miniature watercolor portrait I believe is American, and based on the hairstyle and the manner of the painting I believe likely dates to the first quarter of the 19th century. (Included in photos is a c. 1795 portrait of a very similar looking gentleman by American itinerant folk artist John Brewster, who painted portraits around New England during that period.) I fell in love with this one for its folkiness, and for that hair (!), and