This lovely hand painted watercolor portrait of a young girl was created around 1840.
The girl in the portrait is wearing a light blue dress that accentuates her eyes.
The dress is in the early Victorian off-the-shoulder style.
She wears a simple necklace.
She is holding two pink roses in one hand and a basket of roses in the other, symbolizing her purity.

Dimensions: 9.5 height x 7.75″ wide x 1″ deep.

Condition: Excellent.

This portrait can be dated to the 1840s since beginning in the 1850’s watercolor portrait paintings were primarily replaced by photographic images. As a result, portraits like this have become a unique representation of a bygone era.