Early American Folk Art Miniature Portrait of Young Man with Mullet wooden shelf with drawer 8 1/4” tall x 5

8 1/4” tall x 5 1/2” wide

with a little roughness around the brim of his hat

once on the exterior and once on the interior appears a larger figure on the lower half

The box's interior lacquer is a deep

1930 and never used

Early American Folk Art Miniature Portrait of Young Man with Mullet wooden shelf with drawer 8 1/4” tall x 5This folk art miniature watercolor portrait I believe is American, and based on the hairstyle and the manner of the painting I believe likely dates to the first quarter of the 19th century. (Included in photos is a c. 1795 portrait of a very similar looking gentleman by American itinerant folk artist John Brewster, who painted portraits around New England during that period.) I fell in love with this one for its folkiness, and for that hair (!), and