Mid 19th C. Watercolor Portrait of Catherine Leida Hibbard, Richmond, Indiana in Wonderful Period Frame gift for the sportsman including sitting open on a

including sitting open on a desk holding pencils or pens

Late 60s/early 70s I would think

And of course the position to the vertical post in relation to his body makes it seem a bit phallic/erotic

and I think just add to the paintings sense of age and aura and attest to its having been valued

who were taught to make them at academies and boarding schools throughout New England especially

Mid 19th C. Watercolor Portrait of Catherine Leida Hibbard, Richmond, Indiana in Wonderful Period Frame gift for the sportsman including sitting open on aA difficult one to shoot due to glare from the glass, but a lovely watercolor portrait of a lovely woman I think, who is identified in a handwritten note on the back of the frame as Catherine Leida Hibbard of Richmond, Indiana, 1827 1868 and between her kind face, the elaborate frame (encircling her in gold and purple velvet) and the note on the back I have to believe this Catherine was very well loved! I'd guess she was in her early 20s or so when