Wonderfully Naive Early 19th C. Portrait of Young Woman on Silk, Framed set of people but Eric Oglander at tihngs

but Eric Oglander at tihngs posted a pair some time ago which I had held in my memory and looked up

but the face looking somewhat more masculine to me

such that he needs to lean against something in order to stand

I also like that the word itself is right justified on the sign

Wonderfully Naive Early 19th C. Portrait of Young Woman on Silk, Framed set of people but Eric Oglander at tihngsSo many portraits, and faces, specifically, to fall in love with! The style of this young woman's blue dress makes me think this gouache and watercolor on silk dates to the 1820s or so, with the oval cut shape of the silk akin to the format of painted miniatures. But how much nicer for it to be a full length portrait, especially for including this exuberant bouquet spreading like a fan in her raised hand and with charmingly extended pinky wrapped