Wonderfully Naive Early 19th C. Portrait of Young Woman on Silk, Framed folk art seagull definitely with some age to

definitely with some age to it

and there's a hand-written "3" on the back of that one too

all just right against that excellent blue

which can be peeled off with a little effort)

which I know from experience is a very rare thing indeed

Wonderfully Naive Early 19th C. Portrait of Young Woman on Silk, Framed folk art seagull definitely with some age toSo many portraits, and faces, specifically, to fall in love with! The style of this young woman's blue dress makes me think this gouache and watercolor on silk dates to the 1820s or so, with the oval cut shape of the silk akin to the format of painted miniatures. But how much nicer for it to be a full length portrait, especially for including this exuberant bouquet spreading like a fan in her raised hand and with charmingly extended pinky wrapped