Samuel Wood Gaylor, Lovely, Delicate Watercolor Portrait of Young Woman, 1920 sir william thomson and I believe is stuffed

and I believe is stuffed with cotton batting

and a face that feels to me about as existential as they come--exactly right for the bowl of a pipe

something about the yellow on tin

13 3/4" x 9" x 1 3/8"

Samuel Wood Gaylor, Lovely, Delicate Watercolor Portrait of Young Woman, 1920 sir william thomson and I believe is stuffedI think the highlight of July Brimfield for me was digging through a pile of paintings and watercolors by American artists Samuel Wood Gaylor (1883 1957) and Adelaide Lawson Gaylor (1889 1986), which had been acquired by the dealer from a one time neighbor of the couple on Long Island. I plucked a handful, signed and unsigned, including this very lovely, delicate watercolor portrait on paper signed by Wood Gaylor, dated 1920 emblematic of his