complete with bags underneath
but have seen his exact match dated between 1890-1903
) I really love both the silhouettes and the color combinations on these
I found it at a terrific estate sale in Concord
though one was pierced on the bottom side rather than the top
Mid 19th Century Folk Art Cutout Watercolor with Paper Collage Nathaniel hawthorne complete with bags underneathThis super folky c. 1860s watercolor is challenging to photograph (there's lots of glare in these images), but I'm really taken with it, and it's the sort of thing that, for me at least, sets the imagination wandering. Most curious is this girl, done on white paper collaged onto the painting, with long, curly, pencil drawn hair and earrings and one arm extended in front of her, finger pointing ahead. There are at least four more layers collaged on