Charter Oak, Earlier 19th Century Folk Art Watercolor in Original Lemon Gold Frame with Provenance (Almon Babcock, Ravenna, Ohio) great present representing a rather serene Liberty

representing a rather serene Liberty with her flag

Pencil on (faintly lined) ledger paper

All painted bright pink with yellow

Small hole at center of underside and one small chip to the interior rim of the lower half

The lighter does not work as is

Charter Oak, Earlier 19th Century Folk Art Watercolor in Original Lemon Gold Frame with Provenance (Almon Babcock, Ravenna, Ohio) great present representing a rather serene LibertyLove at first sight for me with this tree and a perfect marriage of watercolor and frame plus provenance pinned to the back of it in the form of notes written on a Prudential envelope postmarked in 1971. The tree pictured is described on that envelope as "Charter Oak, Boston, MA" and the watercolor as having belonged to Almon Babcock of Ravenna, Ohio "who had one of the first taverns here in early 1800s Supposed to have been made by one of his