C. 1838 Folk Art Watercolor Mourning Picture for Two Infants, Framed unknown artist then two red

then two red

This is one of new batch of antique math and geometry notebooks just in--from a bookseller in England whose late husband collected them

Some glare (you can see the reflection of my phone) in the photos

stamped on the back as having been made by Ebenezer Averill Boxworks

I find it quite an elegant piece

C. 1838 Folk Art Watercolor Mourning Picture for Two Infants, Framed unknown artist then two redI've long been admiring 19th century folk art mourning pictures in this manner, such beautiful and tender things I think, packed with such sorrow, but also resilience. This one mourns not one but two children, Frances and Joseph Cross, the first who died at 12 months, the second at 16 months, in 1838. Veritably wrapped in green leaves, grass, shrubs I love that the landscape also includes bright blooming flowers, lending a sense of hope and