Wonderfully Naive Early 19th C. Portrait of Young Woman on Silk, Framed folk art seagull Individual blocks measure 2" long

Individual blocks measure 2" long  per side and 5/8" thick

7 3/4" tall x 8" wide x 4 1/4" d

and of the brilliance of artist

which can be peeled off with a little effort)

definitely with some age to it

Wonderfully Naive Early 19th C. Portrait of Young Woman on Silk, Framed folk art seagull Individual blocks measure 2" longSo many portraits, and faces, specifically, to fall in love with! The style of this young woman's blue dress makes me think this gouache and watercolor on silk dates to the 1820s or so, with the oval cut shape of the silk akin to the format of painted miniatures. But how much nicer for it to be a full length portrait, especially for including this exuberant bouquet spreading like a fan in her raised hand and with charmingly extended pinky wrapped