Champion Grapes, 19th C. Watercolor Theorem with Printed Text duck decoy really striking

really striking

9 3/4" x 6 1/2"

though the sleeves can be pushed up a bit

Theorem painting

Quite a marvelous thing

Champion Grapes, 19th C. Watercolor Theorem with Printed Text duck decoy really strikingA lush looking bunch of grapes if I ever saw one. This is one of three later 19th c. theorem style watercolors of fruit I've just listed, found together in New Hampshire. I've bought and sold a number of watercolors of specific fruit specimens done in this manner looking almost like airbrush paintings (and indeed these were likely done by blowing the color with a glass straw, then hand painting the details.) With printed text identifying the specimens