Hair Wreaths and Ruffles Everywhere, Very Finely Painted C. 1850s Watercolor on Card 1920 printed matter in this terrific green

in this terrific green

and  best of all drawing room

Quite a nice one

while leaning back at a fairly dramatic rake when viewed from the sides as if in defiance of gravity

Hair Wreaths and Ruffles Everywhere, Very Finely Painted C. 1850s Watercolor on Card 1920 printed matter in this terrific greenMaybe not exactly my typical style, but this (and a second by the same maker listed separately) is amazing hard to understand scale from photos, but it took me getting out a magnifier to confirm this as a watercolor rather than a print, it is so finely and precisely executed. Perhaps there were once four of them, representing the four seasons these two, flowers in their hair and everywhere, clearly visions of spring. Mid 19th century, I am guessing