Houses, Trees, Church: Early 1800s Notebook Page with Watercolors in Double Sided Frame des moines president of Meadville Theological School

president of Meadville Theological School (PA)

I had two immediate thoughts

it seems well suited to house a lion or tiger behind those screens (though would also make a great cricket cage

lusty + awkward

It seems possible this was cut down from a large one

Houses, Trees, Church: Early 1800s Notebook Page with Watercolors in Double Sided Frame des moines president of Meadville Theological SchoolThis is one of three double sided pages from an early 19th c. Newburyport, MA school notebook I'm listing clearly the work of one person which came from the collection of longtime New England collectors Bev and John Titus. I love early watercolored notebook drawings and diagrams just about as much as anything in the world, so swooned when I saw these. This is the most subtle of the three, but the one that most rewards close looking, completely