Elizabeth Warwick, Age 18, 1859 Victorian Mourning Card Framed on Black Silk oil on board I just can't resist these

I just can't resist these old floral watercolors

with no cracks or repairs

I think the graphics are just terrific

done in the 1930s I believe

captioned simply "Fooling

Elizabeth Warwick, Age 18, 1859 Victorian Mourning Card Framed on Black Silk oil on board I just can't resist theseIt seemed all about 1859 for me this week, as I found both this mourning card and the 1859 hat box on the same day, in the same spot in Maine, which almost made me wonder whether Miss Elizabeth Warwick made the latter on her death bed. Just a beautiful example of one of these I think, with weeping trees and weeping women and an hourglass with wings to either side of the engraved text, with poem speaking of the flower being transplanted, the sunshine