Early American Folk Art Miniature Portrait of Young Man with Mullet collage on board There is a bunch out

There is a bunch out there

with one half of the ark's roof open and only six animals in the flock

While clearly informed by Spencerian calligraphy

1830 British playing cards (a complete deck goes for $500 or so) but it's not surprising that over the past nearly 200 years some have been lost

I really really love this

Early American Folk Art Miniature Portrait of Young Man with Mullet collage on board There is a bunch outThis 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