Houses, Trees, Church: Early 1800s Notebook Page with Watercolors in Double Sided Frame handmade teddy bear among other great things) I

among other great things) I was really excited to find this the other day in Maine

And it makes a great whistle by blowing into the large hole on its side near the tail

or just prop it somewhere as is

I love the inclusion of the banked blue canoe

Houses, Trees, Church: Early 1800s Notebook Page with Watercolors in Double Sided Frame handmade teddy bear among other great things) IThis is one of three double sided pages from an early 19th c. Newburyport, MA school notebook I'm listing clearly the work of one person which came from the collection of longtime New England collectors Bev and John Titus. I love early watercolored notebook drawings and diagrams just about as much as anything in the world, so swooned when I saw these. This is the most subtle of the three, but the one that most rewards close looking, completely