Two Women and House with Fallen Limbs 19th C. Watercolor Drawing puzzle jug a good luck charm

a good luck charm

but I find it completely charming and cheering

and a bit of staining on his nude jumper and long hat

Seagull's body is 3 1/2" l

though those long legs and proud step make him seem a bit horse-like

Two Women and House with Fallen Limbs 19th C. Watercolor Drawing puzzle jug a good luck charmA very sweet and curious watercolor drawing, c. 1860s 70s or so, I believe, which appears to have been cutout out in whole from one page and glued onto the backing paper here. What the two ladies to the left of the house are up to I'm not entirely sure; the one in blue holds a page of writing in her hands, while the other sits quietly perched on the hill, little hat on head and hands in her lap. Perhaps it's a last will the woman in blue holds, having