Woman with Cross and Blue Velvet Cape, 19th C Watercolor Portrait in Period Frame striking which shows through a cutout

which shows through a cutout in the top of the box

glaze drips

Seems likely the carving of the outlines of the drawing were was left to Bob

but it is a bit hard to tell

Jones first carved miniature figures and animals from the local yellow poplar

Woman with Cross and Blue Velvet Cape, 19th C Watercolor Portrait in Period Frame striking which shows through a cutoutThe more time I spend with this portrait the more I love it, and love her a bit of a homely woman, perhaps, who doesn't look especially glad to be having her portrait painted, but such is clearly part of her lot in life as a woman of means, and she looks as if used to enduring things she doesn't especially like! 1820s 30s would be my guess based especially on her cape, bodice and hair style, beautifully housed in what I might guess is her original