Large Watercolor Portrait of Intense Looking Man with Unfinished Hands pantry box game board whose many fine and interesting

whose many fine and interesting things reinforce my believe that this is something pretty special

I spotted this one from 50 feet away perched in the back corner of a tent at Brimfield and it seemed as though it had just been waiting for me

complete with arrow pointing to "Home

one a Collie and the other a German Shepherd

but have it on fairly good authority that these likely date to the 1880s or so

Large Watercolor Portrait of Intense Looking Man with Unfinished Hands pantry box game board whose many fine and interestingI found both this one, along with the crock painting I just listed, at one of my very favorite spots in New Hampshire a treasure trove of interesting and unusual things that reflect the eyes of a family of artists. I am not sure if they were done by the same person, but it wouldn't surprise me if they were. I love the intensity of the chiseled sort of face on this guy, his ginger hair set off by purple ground, and then what seems like a vast torso