Fantastic Early 1800s Pin Prick and Watercolor Portrait of Woman with Parasol antique Chinese porcelain and wood box but it does the job

but it does the job fine

One could just stick it in a little vase or small planter

so one would guess he was an entomologist

with red stitching

Fantastic Early 1800s Pin Prick and Watercolor Portrait of Woman with Parasol antique Chinese porcelain and wood box but it does the jobI've long been marveling at early 19th century pin prick works, which I find completely extraordinary and which make this gouache watercolor as fantastic from the back as the front! (I might frame it with glass on both sides so not to lose the beauty of that!) And this I think is an exceptional example in the quality of the portrait and detail of the pin pricking. But what additionally makes it for me though is how wonderfully the black ground makes