Mid 19th Century Folk Art Cutout Watercolor with Paper Collage Nathaniel hawthorne general light wear

general light wear

Signed "AA"on the bottom

but have seen his exact match dated between 1890-1903

and between the folded form of the glass and its details just striking

Mid 19th Century Folk Art Cutout Watercolor with Paper Collage Nathaniel hawthorne general light wearThis super folky c. 1860s watercolor is challenging to photograph (there's lots of glare in these images), but I'm really taken with it, and it's the sort of thing that, for me at least, sets the imagination wandering. Most curious is this girl, done on white paper collaged onto the painting, with long, curly, pencil drawn hair and earrings and one arm extended in front of her, finger pointing ahead. There are at least four more layers collaged on