Three Cats with Blue String, c. 1870s Theorem Watercolor in Period Frame head form feeling to me one part

feeling to me one part Victorian and one part Texas

with expressionistic yellow and red flourishes all over

Chemist to the King

Petersburg

with some toning and a few tears as documented

Three Cats with Blue String, c. 1870s Theorem Watercolor in Period Frame head form feeling to me one partI purchased this one from a dealer in upstate NY who had it is his collection for about 30 years. I believe the watercolor is based on a Currier and Ives print, as so many 19th century folk art drawings and paintings were, but rare in my experience to find one rendered as a theorem watercolor. (Theorem paintings were made with the use of hand cut paper or cardboard stencils, lending hard edges to the outlined shapes, and glass tubes used for blowing