Victorian Maid Posing in Studio Watercolor Beverly MA with original protective paper pocket

with original protective paper pocket into which it slips

It features three beautiful concentric ribbed bands around both top and bottom

as pictured in details

Another sort of thing I just can't pass by when I come across them

This is a log splitting cone

Victorian Maid Posing in Studio Watercolor Beverly MA with original protective paper pocketPart of what I love about this watercolor is that is feels a bit transgressive it looks to me, with unframed pictures hung on the wall all around her, as if our maid may have stolen away to an artist's studio to pose for a portrait. Or else our subject was dressed up as in a maid's uniform and is playing the part of a servant taking a break from her duties, which is its own particular thing. Whatever the case, I really like the tensions inherent in