Naive Miniature Portrait of Blonde Woman in Blue Dress c. 1900 display object the Vegetarian Epicure (pub 1972)

the Vegetarian Epicure (pub 1972)

may be its tension-mounted door

This is an antique color lithograph book plate from a volume of Zeitschrift für populäre Astronomi (Journal of Popular Astronomy)

Ink and watercolor on wove paper mounted to a heavier weight brown backing paper

Naive Miniature Portrait of Blonde Woman in Blue Dress c. 1900 display object the Vegetarian Epicure (pub 1972)This one jumped out to me from amid a crowd of stuff and she seemed so eager for company there was no way I could resist! Happily, the back of the frame is papered over in newspaper, which is full of clues as to her creation, including mention of the investiture of a Rev. John Synott first thing, which, together with a few other clues, seems to date her to right around 1900 and to Hartford County, Connecticut. Such a great open face I think, even