Young Woman at Window, Fine c. 1840 Watercolor in Period Lemon Gold Frame lacquer box with monk 4 5/8" tall (5 1/4"

4 5/8" tall (5 1/4" with hanging loop) x 1" wide and deep

framed out windows with white painted panes

I have to think perhaps abandoned before completion

"And never was piping so sad

Animals measure about 2 3/8" long

Young Woman at Window, Fine c. 1840 Watercolor in Period Lemon Gold Frame lacquer box with monk 4 5/8" tall (5 1/4"I've got a penchant for antique portraits of young woman posed at thresholds of sorts here a lovely young woman in blue at a window, looking out as they seem very much about passage from youth to adulthood, innocence to knowing, etc., and often a certain longing in both directions at once. This watercolor, c. 1840s I believe, is finely done very much with the precision of a miniature, though it is not that small with the handling of the scarf draped