Watercolor of a Gladiola, From Nature, by Marian Marcelin, 1878 Cuban souvenir look as if sitting patiently

look as if sitting patiently at one’s feet

at an antiques shop in Columbia PA

sacks of coal

with little head at top

Watercolor of a Gladiola, From Nature, by Marian Marcelin, 1878 Cuban souvenir look as if sitting patientlyI bought and sold a couple of other 19th century watercolors by this same Marian Marcelin a few months ago, then went back to my source last week and found a couple more. Marian did love her flowers! And she rendered them with a lot of care and attention to detail noting here "drawn from nature," and "Mrs. Woodrick Sea Cliff," I presume describing the location where this particular gladiola was blooming in September of 1878. Lovely, and the green of