Mid 19th Century Folk Art Cutout Watercolor with Paper Collage greek and a clean

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to the terrific echoing lines of their bodies (and especially those elbows

with an early incarnation of the lettering still visible under the current hand-painted version

7 5/8" long

He's threaded with what I believe is his original string

Mid 19th Century Folk Art Cutout Watercolor with Paper Collage greek and a cleanThis super folky c. 1860s watercolor is challenging to photograph (there's lots of glare in these images), but I'm really taken with it, and it's the sort of thing that, for me at least, sets the imagination wandering. Most curious is this girl, done on white paper collaged onto the painting, with long, curly, pencil drawn hair and earrings and one arm extended in front of her, finger pointing ahead. There are at least four more layers collaged on