Boy on Donkey, Antique Naive Colored Ink / Gouache Drawing painted wooden chest of drawers with just a bit of

with just a bit of loss of gilding in a few spots

And then also just the evocativeness of the word "gilt

Yours truly

all of which work great

with 1868 and 1871 patent dates

Boy on Donkey, Antique Naive Colored Ink / Gouache Drawing painted wooden chest of drawers with just a bit ofA couple of more wonderfully colorful naive antique drawings today, including this one, that I know were salvaged from a scrapbook sketchbook that lived from many years in the possession of a collector (of the hoarder disposition), whose huge, amazing collection was badly damaged in a flood. Such a heartbreaking thing, as the few drawings salvaged from the notebook indicate that it was quite a masterpiece! Happily we have a few, and they fill me at