1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor wounded lion stapled along seams on the

stapled along seams on the sides and top

geometrically shaped logos

Plenty of toning

Surface aging as evident but completely indestructible

1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor wounded lion stapled along seams on theI find this Fraktur type watercolor an extremely lovely thing, with its pale pink roses looking a bit like puffs of popcorn amid this graceful and profuse sprawl of green leaves and thorns and buds. Made all the better by the E. B. V monogram at the base of the stem, rendered in graphite against a pale yellow banner, with little stars between each letter. The page clearly came from E. B. V's scrapbook, with a handwritten poem (Remembrance) dated 1848,