Early 19th Century Watercolor of Blue House with Willow beef tea with "building up great hopes"

with "building up great hopes" in quotes

I think it is quite possibly an antique Oaxacan alebrije

and analogous color groups

and one that feels rather spiritual

with dots and dash and x's etc used along with color to distinguish each layer

Early 19th Century Watercolor of Blue House with Willow beef tea with "building up great hopes"One sees watercolors of houses done in this manner in early 19th century school notebooks and I swoon every time I see one. This one I found in Maine in a pile of early 19th century rewards of merit, and I happen to know that is what this one is too. I quickly popped it in this simple wooden frame (probably early 20th c.) to keep it safe, mounted to archival board with archival tape and would leave it just as is unless one has a terrific period frame