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

the Vegetarian Epicure (pub 1972)

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

3 7/8" tall x 4 7/8" widest diameter

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

is made of carved water buffalo horn

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