Charming and Naively Sophisticated Early-Mid 19th Century Fantasy Architecture Watercolor in Period Frame old school drawing but Tlingit basket makers of

but Tlingit basket makers of southeast Alaska were exceptional basket makers

done by a naval ship captain

which add up to a great patina

And all of the original straps are in place and in good shape

Large cube divides into many parts

Charming and Naively Sophisticated Early-Mid 19th Century Fantasy Architecture Watercolor in Period Frame old school drawing but Tlingit basket makers ofA little glare in the photos here and the colors are richer in hand. This is a very lovely earlyish 19th century naive watercolor, and exactly the kind of small painting one wants to live with I think a dreamy sort of landscape centered on a piece (or series of pieces of) what I take for fantasy architecture s. (And really, what a curious 18th 19th century folk art phenomenon "fantasy" architecture paintings were often executed as sandpaper drawings,