Woman at the Sea, Victorian Oil Painting in Gold Frame antique flask " Lots more good ones

"  Lots more good ones too

but might guess early 20th century

I'd guess the carving dates 1920s-40s

and 15 1/2" across (I measured nose to raw edge when folded: 7 3/4" on each side

I didn't know when I found him (at the estate of a widely-collecting world traveler from Gloucester

Woman at the Sea, Victorian Oil Painting in Gold Frame antique flask " Lots more good ones(A bit hard to photograph on account of the very gold frame I've shot in two different lights to try to give a sense.) Women at the sea became a popular subject for paintings of the Victorian era books have been written all about why, with reasons ranging from the popularization of belief in the healthfulness and curative powers of the sea and salt air, to deeply rooted associations between women and water fluid(ity) etc. (Relatedly, sea moss