Reverse Framed Oil on Board Seascape Signed A Jewett with Tape Grid Flip Grand Lake Stream Maine though I’ve never really been

though I’ve never really been able to figure out how widely these were made and used outside of those affiliations

with these green painted stripes

reminding one of the lay of the land prior to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ending the Mexican American War in 1848 (the reddish watercolor line on the card demarcates the pre-1848 border)

surely with sponges in hand to create the marbleized effect

14 5/8" tall x 12 1/4" widest diameter

Reverse Framed Oil on Board Seascape Signed A Jewett with Tape Grid Flip Grand Lake Stream Maine though I’ve never really beenQuite a nice oil on board painting of waves crashing on the Maine coast, perhaps painted on Monhegan island mid century or so, with the added bonus of a satisfying minimalist tape grid on the reverse side, given privileged treatment via the frame I found it in (the flip side faces front, under glass, while the painting sits flush to the back of the frame, which suits it quite well I think! (Easily removed of course should one want to treat it