Edward Loring Horn, Maine, 1870 Folk Art Watercolor of Eagle, Flags, Ship parasite frog featuring a pattern of orange

featuring a pattern of orange

hand-painted in underglaze blue with stylised flowerheads at their centers and loop and dot borders

This wonderful monkey came from the estate of the late Chicago-based collector and arts patron Ruth Horwich

and inversely paint a pattern by listening to a song…” Further

and am not totally sure

Edward Loring Horn, Maine, 1870 Folk Art Watercolor of Eagle, Flags, Ship parasite frog featuring a pattern of orangeAn eagle with arrows in one talon and olive branch in the other; a stars and stripes shield; six cross flags; a beautiful big clipper ship; and a banner announcing the name of its maker and date of its making what more could one want??? Maybe stars shining overhead and wonderfully green and red painting seas! Oh, and then there is the reverse, showing that this was a page of a school notebook: a math problem relating the ages of the first four