Cheerful Antique Pansy Painting on Wooden Painter's Palette couple where we are told not

where we are told not once but twice what a fool we are

I think—19th century British ink and watercolor rebus drawing that I am still trying to fully puzzle out

Apricot (presumably): approx 2 1/4" t x 2" x 2"

and "Century of Progress Exhibition Chicago 1934" on his back

and the figure’s costume particularly seems to suggest Chinese

Cheerful Antique Pansy Painting on Wooden Painter's Palette couple where we are told notJust in time for spring, an antique painting on painter's palette of a proliferation of pansies, typically the first annuals of the year which always feel like a cheery welcome of to me. I really love the folkiness of these particular pansies, which together amount to what feels more like a festive riot than a careful arrangement just right! And someone really cared about either this palette or this painting, as there is a very careful mend (plug) in