Early 19th Century British Watercolor, Beauty Chastened by Amnesia (???) Iranian measuring 3 3/4" t x

measuring 3 3/4" t x just shy of 2 5/8" wide

who looks smart and interesting and also as if she might much rather be doing something other than having her photo taken but is kindly complying

They have lost their original box

but perhaps corresponds with the idea of some sort of thread or line

with the first ball

Early 19th Century British Watercolor, Beauty Chastened by Amnesia (???) Iranian measuring 3 3/4" t xAnother lovely antique British watercolor, this one I know dating to 1824 based on the portfolio it came from, though I don't know the identity of its maker. The hand written caption appears to me to read "Beauty chastened by amnesia" I may very well be making that up, though! She is certainly a beauty, and, emphatically blushing, with a rather confused expression, looks to me as if she has suddenly lost her way. I've got a predilection for things