Woman with Rifle and Hunting Dog, 19th C. Folk Art Watercolor in Period Frame native Nitinat carving One can slide the weight

One can slide the weight on the metal balance attached to the arrow to adjust the height of the bait in the water

as the collection of portraits adds up to a portrait of early 20th century Paris

Made of fruit woods I believe

whose teaching toys were a significant part of my youth

Woman with Rifle and Hunting Dog, 19th C. Folk Art Watercolor in Period Frame native Nitinat carving One can slide the weightQuite a determined huntress this woman looks to be, and one whom her loyal hunting companion seems very eager to please! I think I could dedicate myself exclusively to collecting 19th c. folk art watercolors so many compelling characters, and energetic animals, landscapes and vistas adding up to narrative rich scenes that I at least find it impossible not to project into and onto. And of course this one serves as a nice embodiment of a woman very much