Cow Behind the Log Pile with Basket and Squirrel, Clever Old Naive Graphite Drawing 1812 paper somewhat brittle

paper somewhat brittle

but they're charmers in any context

Each one was hand drawn in pencil and colored pencil or crayon on scraps of stiff paper (it seems maybe some old trade cards)

Like this wonderful spotted coach or carriage dog (trained to trot alongside a carriage to protect the occupants)

but also became an unheralded artistic influence to many

Cow Behind the Log Pile with Basket and Squirrel, Clever Old Naive Graphite Drawing 1812 paper somewhat brittleJust a clever little drawing, which makes me smile, including for the tiny squirrel hovering in the bottom left corner. I really love the way those piled logs were drawn too, contained between the stumps of the trees which, one presumes, yielded them. 4 3 4" x 4". Graphite on lined school paper, very good condition, earlyish 20th century.