Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper invalid carriage and the number 55631 is

and the number 55631 is written in pencil in the upper right corner

with just some staining to the label and loss to its upper right corner

Frye in Wilton

Nielson in 1919 for biology and hygiene class

which might explain the face painted on it

Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper invalid carriage and the number 55631 isThere are so many sorts of things I've fallen more and more in love with over time, theorem paintings very much one of them. I really love the super folky early theorems on velvet, but a crisp watercolor theorem on paper like this one satisfies in a whole different way; what a jewel like thing this ripening pear on its stem is, with a few rich green leaves setting it off just perfectly. So contemporary feeling, too; a perfectly resolved, very lovely