SOLD Delicately Rendered Portrait of a Young Woman in Green with Fan, Antique Watercolor in Period Frame carved man with mustache Smith & Company Saw Manufacturers

Smith & Company Saw Manufacturers of Beaver Falls

English I believe

" I am not entirely certain its meaning on this t-square

I also love that it is hollow inside

They've got all the attributes I love--nearly square corners

SOLD Delicately Rendered Portrait of a Young Woman in Green with Fan, Antique Watercolor in Period Frame carved man with mustache Smith & Company Saw ManufacturersI purchased this one from a dealer in North Carolina, and she does seem a bit of the Southern(ish) belle with fan in hand, though I am not certain of her origins. Later 19th century I believe, in what appears to be her original gold gessoed frame, suiting her perfectly. Naive but also very delicately rendered, with finely drawn features and wonderful painterly application of the green of her dress. And with her eyes cast slightly, upward, perhaps in