SOLD Marvelous Early 19th C. New England Theorem Painting, Woman with Lamb caution yellow Widely known for their distinctive

Widely known for their distinctive basketry

there is not much that can't be determined by reading one's hand

-near the end

Dings here and there and some paint loss

I believe original to it and which I think suits it well

SOLD Marvelous Early 19th C. New England Theorem Painting, Woman with Lamb caution yellow Widely known for their distinctiveAmong my favorite finds ever I think, and just the sort of early theorem painting I am always wanting to find. New England c. 1815 30 I know for sure, and the seller I purchased it from bought it in the early 1980s at auction from Eldred's on Cape Cod. I love the directness of the gaze of our woman in blue with little lamb wrapped in her arms seeming a picture of gentleness and goodness, and yet also looking perhaps just a bit defiant, as if to say