Bellflowers, Lovely 1872 Floral Watercolor Signed Marian Marcelin segregated school photo with clipped top and bottom

with clipped top and bottom left corners as evident

deeply soulful black holes of eyes on the dog

a name carved into the wood at the top of one side

The wheels

Perhaps it's an outfielder taking a nap (passed out

Bellflowers, Lovely 1872 Floral Watercolor Signed Marian Marcelin segregated school photo with clipped top and bottomI will never tire of antique folk art watercolors of flowers largely painted by women and a lot about close looking, and as was explicitly noted on another watercolor by this same Marian Marcelin that I listed last week, of an iris she "raised herself," these often seem to me to embody several points of pride at once. And I think this is a lovely example, bellflowers I believe. Signed on reverse and dated 1872. 8 3 8" x 5 3 4" and in excellent antique