Grasshopper on Melon, Exquisite 1917 Ink and Watercolor French Hand-painted Postcard his first attempt Douglas and Nancy Webster

Douglas and Nancy Webster

really-- where he grips the seal he is carrying on his back in a manner that makes it hard to know where one ends and the other begins

16 1/2" x 14 1/2"

perhaps for a mother who liked to garden

with what looks like some yellow paint to the larger as what I imagine was a happy accident

Grasshopper on Melon, Exquisite 1917 Ink and Watercolor French Hand-painted Postcard his first attempt Douglas and Nancy WebsterI purchased this beauty of a handmade postcard from a seller in Holland, a bit skeptical that it was completely hand done, but indeed it is, ink and watercolor and very fine! What an gorgeous grasshopper, and what a luminous and evocative melon upon which it is munching! Emblematic of the late 19th early 20th c. obsession with all things Asian ("Japonisme" in France), the imagery here seems all about good luck and prosperity. The postcard, mailed by