Wonderfully Naive Early 19th C. Portrait of Young Woman on Silk, Framed folk art seagull 15 1/4" l x 6

15 1/4" l x 6 7/8" w x 3/4" tall

definitely with some age to it

I know from a little research that "deposite" is an archaic form of the word deposit

I believe it was carved of just two pieces of wood--the arched back piece being one

7 7/8" w x 4 1/4" t x 6 1/16" d

Wonderfully Naive Early 19th C. Portrait of Young Woman on Silk, Framed folk art seagull 15 1/4" l x 6So 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