Red Astrican Apple, 19th Century Theorem Watercolor with Printed Text painting on lid All those black dots against

All those black dots against the glossy white of the celluloid (thin but hard and very durable) really does it for me

with a face to match

The perfect white ground

a sort of soft blue-purple

Red Astrican Apple, 19th Century Theorem Watercolor with Printed Text painting on lid All those black dots againstI can never say no apples and a bunch of grapes today too; this is one of three later 19th c. theorem style watercolors of fruit I've just listed, found together in New Hampshire. I've bought and sold a number of watercolors of specific fruit specimens done in this manner looking almost like airbrush paintings (and indeed these were likely done by blowing the color with a glass straw, then hand painting the details.) With printed text identifying the