Mid 19th Century Folk Art Cutout Watercolor with Paper Collage Nathaniel hawthorne from the primary figures with

from the primary figures with arms raised

Pretty charming I think

Signed "AA"on the bottom

) I really love both the silhouettes and the color combinations on these

but have seen his exact match dated between 1890-1903

Mid 19th Century Folk Art Cutout Watercolor with Paper Collage Nathaniel hawthorne from the primary figures withThis super folky c. 1860s watercolor is challenging to photograph (there's lots of glare in these images), but I'm really taken with it, and it's the sort of thing that, for me at least, sets the imagination wandering. Most curious is this girl, done on white paper collaged onto the painting, with long, curly, pencil drawn hair and earrings and one arm extended in front of her, finger pointing ahead. There are at least four more layers collaged on