Wonderful Miniature Framed Watercolor, The Little Merchants, 1825 gray cat though possibly brass with applied

though possibly brass with applied patina

and so making this a nice one to hang near the front door by way of welcome

found in Maine

and the tiny flowers here and there are just the perfect punctuation

making one think the left one must have had some other use

Wonderful Miniature Framed Watercolor, The Little Merchants, 1825 gray cat though possibly brass with appliedThis wonderful miniature watercolor is dated September 16, 1825, and titled The Little Merchants with p. 97 written at lower right, which makes me think perhaps it was a manuscript illustrationand how I would love to see that manuscript if so! (I have not taken it out of the frame, but it does look like there is some writing on the flip side just barely showing though along the bottom.) This man in pink jacket and yellow pants I think could not be