Muscle Man, Coq Pose, Excellent Antique RPPC old carved wooden ink and watercolor all strong

ink and watercolor all strong

I believe this piece was made prior to that year

with the wings and tail of the blue plane snapped in half with perfect zig zag lines

I usually resist buying partial sets of dominoes as I want people to be able to play with them

but an inscription tells us that a Robert Krighes (or similar) of Fort Edward (NY)

Muscle Man, Coq Pose, Excellent Antique RPPC old carved wooden ink and watercolor all strongQuite a looker, and quite a mustache! I'm not sure I ever drew the connection between strong man wrestler postures and those of roosters, but this sure brings that home; cock a doodle doo! And really excellent framing here I think, the oval mask making him feel all the more like a object specimen being closely inspected, as if through a scope, while the public setting makeshift looking wall behind him, view of park tables and chairs to the right gives