Wonderful Small, Early 19th C. Folk Art Watercolor of Houses on Hill hand-embroidered sleeve the village on the Hudson

the village on the Hudson which changed its name to Ossining in 1901 to separate itself from the notorious prison

Both are of the same design--lotus on the front and Japanese characters on the back

or so I’d guess

based I believe of the earliest of Gilbert Stuart's Washington portraits: the Gibbs-Channing-Avery portrait

Wonderful Small, Early 19th C. Folk Art Watercolor of Houses on Hill hand-embroidered sleeve the village on the HudsonI was quite surprised and delighted to find this one when rummaging through a box of odds and ends at a not especially fine shop about 30 minutes from home the other day, but wonders never cease! It is a small one, but definitely an early one, c. 1820s 30s I believe, and I'd bet painted of a village not far from here. Great color, iconic New England, and based on how it was trimmed I'm sure it once lived in a miniature type frame with round opening,