19th C Large Scrapbook Page Composition with Very Fine Botanical Watercolor at Center model steamship perhaps from a water spatter—as

perhaps from a water spatter—as documented

This piece is unsigned

The exterior surface is carved with a grid of nine squares on each side

pasted on top of newspaper onto scrapbook page

19th C Large Scrapbook Page Composition with Very Fine Botanical Watercolor at Center model steamship perhaps from a water spatter—asI've used a magnifier to confirm that the flowers at the center of this scrapbook page are indeed done in watercolor so finely it is quite difficult to imagine how, but so it is glorious! That panel certainly deserves to be at the center, but there are delights everywhere here, with collaged images and clippings and very carefully handwritten text all carefully arranged and commenting on one another. I especially like the "bottle imp" at lower left.