Seductive Peaches, Mid 19th Century Folk Art Pastel in Period Ross & Hatchman, Boston Gilded Frame Jane Heald interrupted by a chip-carved strip

interrupted by a chip-carved strip around the perimeter mid-way down

with a bit of a Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestler) feel to the painted decoration too

with the vertical stripes of the refrigerator exterior perfectly complemented by the vertical ones of the postal cancellations

and with the staples really having done their job

published in 1880 by Ivison

Seductive Peaches, Mid 19th Century Folk Art Pastel in Period Ross & Hatchman, Boston Gilded Frame Jane Heald interrupted by a chip-carved stripThis somehow feels to me like the Dolly Parton of 19th century pastel folk art still life drawings peaches soft and sweet and all dolled up in this scalloped edge dish, but with darker mauve ish ground lending a sense of depth and complexity, literal and metaphorical!. There is often a certain strangeness to these sorts of 19th c. pastel drawings that draws me, and this one has that quality. Under glass in original period frame, 11 3 8" x 9 7 8"