Scroll and Crown Flower; Roses and Poem: Double-sided 1848 Theorem Watercolor handmade flag Signed on the back Marguerite

Signed on the back Marguerite Evans Isaacs

which also owned and operated the Clyde Beatty Cole Bros and The King Bros

but holding it a bit loose

5" long x 1 3/4" wide and deep

which suggests he or she was pretty proud of it

Scroll and Crown Flower; Roses and Poem: Double-sided 1848 Theorem Watercolor handmade flag Signed on the back MargueriteI could look at early theorem watercolors like this all day, so lush and radiant, with the combination of greens on the leaves here just electric! Those red blooms are pretty electric, too, identified as "Crown flower" below. I like the blankness of the scroll here, as if in perpetual wait for the right words. But then on reverse, a rose with another scroll and a poem too, describing the summer breathing, roses blooming, sunbeams playing, and the