Woman with Cross and Blue Velvet Cape, 19th C Watercolor Portrait in Period Frame striking but it is a bit

but it is a bit hard to tell

and general soiling

then hand-finished each kernel using dental tools

glaze drips

There is a small area of discoloration just below the feet

Woman with Cross and Blue Velvet Cape, 19th C Watercolor Portrait in Period Frame striking but it is a bitThe more time I spend with this portrait the more I love it, and love her a bit of a homely woman, perhaps, who doesn't look especially glad to be having her portrait painted, but such is clearly part of her lot in life as a woman of means, and she looks as if used to enduring things she doesn't especially like! 1820s 30s would be my guess based especially on her cape, bodice and hair style, beautifully housed in what I might guess is her original