Early American Folk Art Miniature Portrait of Young Man with Mullet wooden shelf with drawer Not at all my usual

Not at all my usual thing

so as to be useable right away as a frame

focusing on the presentation of illusions--like this card trick--that he had devised

On the reverse side of the hemmed bottom edge Elsie embroidered "Miss" then wrote the rest of her name

The box's interior lacquer is a deep

Early American Folk Art Miniature Portrait of Young Man with Mullet wooden shelf with drawer Not at all my usualThis folk art miniature watercolor portrait I believe is American, and based on the hairstyle and the manner of the painting I believe likely dates to the first quarter of the 19th century. (Included in photos is a c. 1795 portrait of a very similar looking gentleman by American itinerant folk artist John Brewster, who painted portraits around New England during that period.) I fell in love with this one for its folkiness, and for that hair (!), and