Fantastically Colorful 19th C. American Tall Ship Watercolor in Period Frame dutch oven published in 1835

published in 1835

This is one of my favorite things I've ever found

or from the ceiling

with great color and a flat side worn wonderfully smooth

" Based on a few other painted examples I have seen

Fantastically Colorful 19th C. American Tall Ship Watercolor in Period Frame dutch oven published in 1835When I spotted this this old watercolor at Brimfield this past week, earlier than later 19th c. I believe, on wove, and I think likely once held in a school ledger I completely swooned and immediately jumped on it; its everything I love and more! Not just a fabulous naive early watercolor of a sailing ship, and waving not one but two American flags, it's the most marvelously colorful and exuberant rendering of one Ive certainly ever seen, veering