SCARCE EARLY to MID-19TH CENTURY, PRE-U.S. CIVIL WAR AMERICAN GIRL'S SCHOOL FOLK ART, NEW ENGLAND PRIMITIVE ANTIQUE WATERCOLOR, in ORIGINAL GOLD GILT THIN-PROFILE, HALF-ROUND PICTURE FRAME, 

under OLD GLASS 

[Found in an early rural estate in Amherst, Massachusetts in the Connecticut River Valley. The work's untouched, less some newer nail fasteners applied to the original cut pine softwood backing board, holding the watercolor against the old piece of original glass. The thin-profile gold gilt wooden picture frame's also original. The watercolor painting, as with most works of art done during the first half of the 19th century, were framed to the margins, meaning there's no matboard or cut millboard surrounding the painting, separating it from the glass. This is an original American Girl's School watercolor painting of a fantastic, dream-like scene, featuring animals, notably deer grazing on cut green grass lawns by a river & an enormous castle in the background, with arabesque crowning turrets, a multiple arched stone bridge spanning a river & another bridge for carriages & pedestrians in the foreground, with wispy deciduous trees to the left & a wonderfully rendered willow tree shading the bridge to the castle. A steepled church also can be seen in the background & two uninhibited bucks & a doe peacefully graze in the foreground of the painting. There are no noticeable stains, paper tears, appreciable color depreciation, punches or paper creases associated with the work. As if from a dream. From the hand of a young American woman or adolescent New England girl, most likely realized while at school in a drawing or watercolor painting class in a girl's school or preparatory school, also known as 'finishing schools,' designed to prepare American women to flourish as the future well-mannered wives of gentlemen of means, demonstrating cultivated talents & schooled interests. Pre-U.S. Civil War & now 165 to 185 years old. A wonderful, absolutely original early American primitive artifact from early to mid-19th century New England & the Connecticut River Valley. A 'Peaceable Kingdom' on Earth. Very handsome.]

(Circa 1840-1860)

Early to mid-19th century American Girl's School folk art, New England primitive antique watercolor landscape paintings rendered by young American women

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DIMENSIONS: 

9 ¼" Height x 12 ⅛" Width x ⅝" Depth

8 ½" Width x 7" Height 

 Weight: 1 lb.

 DESCRIPTION:

Found in an early rural estate in Amherst, Massachusetts in the Connecticut River Valley. The work's untouched, less some newer nail fasteners applied to the original cut pine softwood backing board, holding the watercolor against the old piece of original glass. The thin-profile gold gilt wooden picture frame's also original. The watercolor painting, as with most works of art done during the first half of the 19th century, were framed to the margins, meaning there's no matboard or cut millboard surrounding the painting, separating it from the glass. This is an original American Girl's School watercolor painting of a fantastic, dream-like scene, featuring animals, notably deer grazing on cut green grass lawns by a river and an enormous castle in the background, with arabesque crowning turrets, a multiple arched stone bridge spanning a river and another bridge for carriages and pedestrians in the foreground, with wispy deciduous trees to the left and a wonderfully rendered willow tree shading the bridge to the castle. A steepled church also can be seen in the background and two uninhibited bucks and a doe peacefully graze in the foreground of the painting. There are no noticeable stains, paper tears, appreciable color depreciation, punches or paper creases associated with the work. As if from a dream. From the hand of a young American woman or adolescent New England girl, most likely realized while at school in a drawing or watercolor painting class in a girl's school or preparatory school, also known as 'finishing schools,' designed to prepare American women to flourish as the future well-mannered wives of gentlemen of means, demonstrating cultivated talents and schooled interests. Pre-U.S. Civil War and now 165 to 185 years old. A wonderful, absolutely original early American primitive artifact from early to mid-19th century New England and the Connecticut River Valley. A 'Peaceable Kingdom' on Earth. Very handsome.

CONDITION:

Good to Very Good overall antique condition.