Boy with Dog 19th Century Folk Art "Sandpaper" Painting painted animal and nice big ones too

and nice big ones too

I think this Czechoslovakian Art Deco vase is simply lovely and also compelling—it feels a little bit Asian

is done on a piece of stationary from the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in Philadelphia

2 7/8" l x 7/8" d

the only flaw is a small chip on the inside of the narrow end of the funnel

Boy with Dog 19th Century Folk Art "Sandpaper" Painting painted animal and nice big ones tooThis marvelous thing is an antique "sandpaper painting" a technique popular in the mid 19th century, of creating charcoal drawings on paper coated with marble dust, which creates a surface with a fine grit like sandpaper. These are a pretty fascinating genre, typically monochromatic and most often depicting Hudson River landscapes, though one occasionally finds portraits and examples incorporating color, like this one. These most often were done by