Blonde in Blue with Telephone, 1930s Naive Watercolor Drawing light and dark in a lovely period frame

in a lovely period frame that I think suits it just right

1 11/16" wide when closed

but find them quite beautiful

) My guess is these are mid- to late-19th century

9 1/8” x 6 3/4” and in very good

Blonde in Blue with Telephone, 1930s Naive Watercolor Drawing light and dark in a lovely period frameWhat a face, and what a perfect head a'tilt, eyebrow raised expression as she holds her pale blue telephone with one red nailed hand over the receiver as if to ask, as she looks directly at us, 'how shall I respond to this one?' I take her for a hotel concierge or bellhop, c. 1940s, and it seems perhaps the watercolor was based on a still from a movie? Whether drawn from a film or not, it's got a distinct Hitchcock ian vibe to me, with that wallpaper