White Cow Wading, Lovely Antique Watercolor Signed Ward in Hand-carved, Presumed Original, Folk Art Frame ship building subject surrounded by young attendants

surrounded by young attendants

A curious thing

and not too often early painted ones either

Local artisans gather up these remnants and use them to create dolls like this

but perhaps also the Bobbie and Mim/Miss S

White Cow Wading, Lovely Antique Watercolor Signed Ward in Hand-carved, Presumed Original, Folk Art Frame ship building subject surrounded by young attendantsA beauty of a cow, and a beauty of a watercolor and a charmer of an old carved frame, too. I believe all date to the later 19th century, and would guess the watercolor has lived its whole life, or at least most of it, in this frame. As mounted, it feels rather as if we are looking through a window to catch a glimpse of the cow in the distance, who looks back at us in turn, seeming not altogether pleased to be disturbed. And so, at least to my weird