Jas. A Murley, Antique Hand-cut Scrap Lead Stencil painting of face that time keeps marching on

that time keeps marching on

woven splint of the lid softened with age

Really delicately done

is about the most charming thing I can imagine

ready to squeeze and release

Jas. A Murley, Antique Hand-cut Scrap Lead Stencil painting of face that time keeps marching onI really love an old hand cut stencil, and even better one of one, and I also really love most anything proudly spelling out the name of someone who lived long ago. To my eye, the lettering in this one one could not be any better, either with those excellent serifs on the J and L and Y. Plus it appears something of a make do creation, making use of a scrap of lead (I believe) surely left over from something else and so following its as found arc with