Wonderful Early 19th C. Small Watercolor Portrait of Woman with Flowers Mary of the sea and also for the way

and also for the way their are cropped and lean a little right

and so much wonder how it came to be

but one of the reasons I love these old postcards so much is for their elusiveness 100+ years later

Pretty amazing I think

It measures 7 5/8" in diameter and 2 3/4" tall

Wonderful Early 19th C. Small Watercolor Portrait of Woman with Flowers Mary of the sea and also for the wayAn early one for sure, early 19th century I believe small but marvelous, and I imagine once housed in an oval frame like a silhoutte. I love the exhuberance of the garland that frames her from above, especially the extra large rose buds popping out at one corner, and the wonderfully detailed grass upon which she stands in her tiny black shoes. But most of all I love her in her polka dotted blue and pink, with quite a pile of flowers and leaves on her