Young Woman at Window, Fine c. 1840 Watercolor in Period Lemon Gold Frame lacquer box with monk 3 5/16" in diameter x

3 5/16" in diameter x 5/8" deep

framed out windows with white painted panes

"And never was piping so sad

dating to 1983

(Photos do no justice here to the scale and beauty of this apple

Young Woman at Window, Fine c. 1840 Watercolor in Period Lemon Gold Frame lacquer box with monk 3 5/16" in diameter xI've got a penchant for antique portraits of young woman posed at thresholds of sorts here a lovely young woman in blue at a window, looking out as they seem very much about passage from youth to adulthood, innocence to knowing, etc., and often a certain longing in both directions at once. This watercolor, c. 1840s I believe, is finely done very much with the precision of a miniature, though it is not that small with the handling of the scarf draped