Antique French Aquarelle Portrait, Frame, artist: Ludovic Alfred de Saint-Edme Jean-Baptiste Greuze and I would use a

and I would use a dot of mounting putty to brace it up

Only those outside and the lip of the top and bottom

and with the original notepad still inside

when another mark began to be used

mostly worked in graduations of white to deep gray and with accented woodwork bouquet inside the oval and making up the red background

Antique French Aquarelle Portrait, Frame, artist: Ludovic Alfred de Saint-Edme Jean-Baptiste Greuze and I would use aSigned (front and back) by listed French artist: Ludovic Alfred de Saint Edme (French, born 1820) Seated Woman in Blue, c 1855 70. Original watercolor (aquarelle), in frame. Protected under glass. The artist signature is noted on backside of the work, visible from the open back and we've shown it in our photos for your review. We know that Ludovic Alfred de Saint Edme was French, born in 1820, but we don't have a death date. We can safely date this