SOLD 19th C. Folk Art Watercolor of Amorous Couple on Laid in Period Frame early photo rendered to complete perfection

rendered to complete perfection

which makes it feel like painting

This is an absolutely wonderful old hand-carved wooden frame

One one side is a draughts (checkers) board

I think perhaps many things at once

SOLD 19th C. Folk Art Watercolor of Amorous Couple on Laid in Period Frame early photo rendered to complete perfectionThese two! He certainly looks all in, but she looks to have her doubts! I love how the feathers on their caps advance the dynamics, his looking like the feather end of an arrow while hers looks rather like a rain cloud. Terrific faces, wonderfully detailed hair, and a great interplay of arms and cuffs and hands. And I love the way his black boot meets the hem of her white apron, and this pool of blue that encircles their feet. Love. It looks like the