Mid 19th Century Watercolor and Gouache Pink Roses, From Sister to Brother fork art bird with expressionistic yellow and red

with expressionistic yellow and red flourishes all over

mounted to chipboard backs

bright and clear and crisp

But this one needed to be had

and later became a stretcher-bearer with the 1st Engineer Regiment

Mid 19th Century Watercolor and Gouache Pink Roses, From Sister to Brother fork art bird with expressionistic yellow and redVery frequently, I find one thing in a particular genre that becomes a gateway the seeking more of the same! One example of late are antique friendship paintings of flowers: a wonderful study of variations on a theme, and what a lovely thing for a friend or sibling to give to another, in this case a sister to her brother, I believe in either 1841 or 1847 (it appears to be dated at lower right, following the inscription from the "affectionate sister"