White Cow Wading, Lovely Antique Watercolor Signed Ward in Hand-carved, Presumed Original, Folk Art Frame ship building subject at the start of the

at the start of the lap on the lid

surrounded by young attendants

and among the earliest too

with a bit of wood loss to the corner of one cube

and not too often early painted ones either

White Cow Wading, Lovely Antique Watercolor Signed Ward in Hand-carved, Presumed Original, Folk Art Frame ship building subject at the start of theA beauty of a cow, and a beauty of a watercolor and a charmer of an old carved frame, too. I believe all date to the later 19th century, and would guess the watercolor has lived its whole life, or at least most of it, in this frame. As mounted, it feels rather as if we are looking through a window to catch a glimpse of the cow in the distance, who looks back at us in turn, seeming not altogether pleased to be disturbed. And so, at least to my weird