Houses, Trees, Church: Early 1800s Notebook Page with Watercolors in Double Sided Frame des moines I pulled these two out

I pulled these two out of the same pile and both are early punch paper embroideries

I had two immediate thoughts

and then director of the Bradford Civic Playhouse in Bradford

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president of Meadville Theological School (PA)

Houses, Trees, Church: Early 1800s Notebook Page with Watercolors in Double Sided Frame des moines I pulled these two outThis is one of three double sided pages from an early 19th c. Newburyport, MA school notebook I'm listing clearly the work of one person which came from the collection of longtime New England collectors Bev and John Titus. I love early watercolored notebook drawings and diagrams just about as much as anything in the world, so swooned when I saw these. This is the most subtle of the three, but the one that most rewards close looking, completely