C. 1838 Folk Art Watercolor Mourning Picture for Two Infants, Framed antique school work It is signed on the

It is signed on the bottom with what appears to read P

The jacket of the largest is a lighter blue than the rest

Some scratching including over the face of the older girl

out on the porch along with spare masks and hand sanitizer

with one paw raised as if conducting an orchestra in the sky

C. 1838 Folk Art Watercolor Mourning Picture for Two Infants, Framed antique school work It is signed on theI've long been admiring 19th century folk art mourning pictures in this manner, such beautiful and tender things I think, packed with such sorrow, but also resilience. This one mourns not one but two children, Frances and Joseph Cross, the first who died at 12 months, the second at 16 months, in 1838. Veritably wrapped in green leaves, grass, shrubs I love that the landscape also includes bright blooming flowers, lending a sense of hope and