Wonderful Early 19th C. Small Watercolor Portrait of Woman with Flowers Mary of the sea and so much wonder how

and so much wonder how it came to be

I believe Snip is the name of the long-legged

A few dings to the surface of the painting here and there

This one stamped with a Paris address in blue

Wonderful Early 19th C. Small Watercolor Portrait of Woman with Flowers Mary of the sea and so much wonder howAn early one for sure, early 19th century I believe small but marvelous, and I imagine once housed in an oval frame like a silhoutte. I love the exhuberance of the garland that frames her from above, especially the extra large rose buds popping out at one corner, and the wonderfully detailed grass upon which she stands in her tiny black shoes. But most of all I love her in her polka dotted blue and pink, with quite a pile of flowers and leaves on her