Woman with Cross and Blue Velvet Cape, 19th C Watercolor Portrait in Period Frame brown horse I think it actually adds

I think it actually adds to the charm of the painting—so myself might frame it with the board exposed

and hand-carved and hand-painted

9" tall x 9 1/4" across at arms

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

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

Woman with Cross and Blue Velvet Cape, 19th C Watercolor Portrait in Period Frame brown horse I think it actually addsThe 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