Stripes Obscuring Letters, Antique Cutout Watercolor Zebra on Penmanship Practice Scrap spirals perhaps right next to the

perhaps right next to the binoculars

painted panes and curtains on each of the many windows

Each about 3 3/4" t x about 4" wide and deep

Sold as found in a frame that looks to be lacquered and painted wood and shows a bit of loss around a couple of edges

And with the gradated application of the watercolor lending this wonderful softness to the whole thing

Stripes Obscuring Letters, Antique Cutout Watercolor Zebra on Penmanship Practice Scrap spirals perhaps right next to theI've had some other old animals cut from scrap paper of this sort, but none so large or with watercolored stripes! Quite a charmer of a zebra I think, who also looks a lot like a donkey, and with penmanship practice repeated letters showing through the stripes and also covering the reverse side. 9" l x 7 1 2" t. Watercolor on card weight paper. Very good condition, c. 1900 I believe, found in Pennsylvania.