Lovely Late 19th C Floral Watercolor Friendship Picture original Naef blocks in pencil down both his

in pencil down both his front and back

snapping closed at the top

Signed (incised) on underside

the form super elegant

Lovely Late 19th C Floral Watercolor Friendship Picture original Naef blocks in pencil down both hisI find myself looking a lot at antique floral botanical watercolors these days, as who doesn't need little doses of loveliness wherever we can find them? I really love the delicacy of this one, combining rose and rosebuds, pansies, and forget me nots which, together with the text below it, in Dutch I believe, make for quite a sweet token of fondness, sent from one friend to another. (The text may be an excerpt from a poem, but I've found it a bit of a