SOLD Marvelous Early 19th C. New England Theorem Painting, Woman with Lamb brass shoe but first the box

but first the box

and little bit of wiggle to the hinged lid

(I can't find any other sets out there more sale

and a sky blue painted interior

to land it a sweet spot where it feels pretty classic too

SOLD Marvelous Early 19th C. New England Theorem Painting, Woman with Lamb brass shoe but first the boxAmong my favorite finds ever I think, and just the sort of early theorem painting I am always wanting to find. New England c. 1815 30 I know for sure, and the seller I purchased it from bought it in the early 1980s at auction from Eldred's on Cape Cod. I love the directness of the gaze of our woman in blue with little lamb wrapped in her arms seeming a picture of gentleness and goodness, and yet also looking perhaps just a bit defiant, as if to say