Wonderfully Naive Early 19th C. Portrait of Young Woman on Silk, Framed set of people confirmed by the postmarks on

confirmed by the postmarks on the reverse side

but the face looking somewhat more masculine to me

of which this one is emblematic

if she's not snatched up quickly

Wonderfully Naive Early 19th C. Portrait of Young Woman on Silk, Framed set of people confirmed by the postmarks onSo many portraits, and faces, specifically, to fall in love with! The style of this young woman's blue dress makes me think this gouache and watercolor on silk dates to the 1820s or so, with the oval cut shape of the silk akin to the format of painted miniatures. But how much nicer for it to be a full length portrait, especially for including this exuberant bouquet spreading like a fan in her raised hand and with charmingly extended pinky wrapped