SOLD Delicately Rendered Portrait of a Young Woman in Green with Fan, Antique Watercolor in Period Frame gesture which I would guess was

which I would guess was taken on the occasion of this wonderful looking girl's First Communion

and rather poignant feeling one now

pulled from the personal collection of an artist--and I purchased a few more

Image size approx 19 1/8" x 12"

almost like rubbing done against a lightly textured surface

SOLD Delicately Rendered Portrait of a Young Woman in Green with Fan, Antique Watercolor in Period Frame gesture which I would guess wasI purchased this one from a dealer in North Carolina, and she does seem a bit of the Southern(ish) belle with fan in hand, though I am not certain of her origins. Later 19th century I believe, in what appears to be her original gold gessoed frame, suiting her perfectly. Naive but also very delicately rendered, with finely drawn features and wonderful painterly application of the green of her dress. And with her eyes cast slightly, upward, perhaps in