Child with Toy Dog on Leash, Old Snapshot Photo scandanvian carving smooth surface

smooth surface

especially lovely

Painting appears adhered at corners to a brown paper backing

and a flip side I believe made for Nine Men's Morris

showcasing that variety

Child with Toy Dog on Leash, Old Snapshot Photo scandanvian carving smooth surfaceFound in New Hampshire near the Vermont border, and based on a some others in the stack I am pretty certain of the area. I couldn't resist this young child holding tight to the leash of their toy dog, even while seeming themselves about to topple over! As with antique portraits of girls and their dolls, I find photographs of children in focused conversation with their toys wonderful embodiments of the vividness of as yet un repressed imagination. 5 1