Late 1830s Naive British Ink and Watercolor: The Newfoundland Dog hand-forged axe Wear to the mirror but

Wear to the mirror but no chips

There is a little mildewing just to the surface of the wood here and there which I believe could be cleaned up

I think likely done by a child at a later date

It is actually a but of a puzzle to even figure out how to begin

There are two hangers on the back

Late 1830s Naive British Ink and Watercolor: The Newfoundland Dog hand-forged axe Wear to the mirror butThis marvelous watercolor of "the newfoundland dog" is one of a group I purchased from a seller in England, which had previously been bound together as a booklet, and which I am listing individually. Like this dog, each depicts a working animal in a very iconic and really quite regal manner to my eye just about as good as it gets. The odd watercolor in the group, portraying Dick Turpin and The Brothers' Gibbet at Gonerby, was made after a famous print