A Very Well Dressed Man, Ink on Board Vintage Illustration small whimsy carving painted with one strategically placed

painted with one strategically placed black blob

the map depicts the North Branch coal mine in Garrett County

There's not a chip or crack on it that I can see

winding its way up and around the R from its cross-hatched pot below would be the perfect thing to hang in the room of a child with a first name starting with "R

What makes them most distinctive and interesting to me--in addition to the elaborate framework he constructed around them--are the backgrounds that set them off

A Very Well Dressed Man, Ink on Board Vintage Illustration small whimsy carving painted with one strategically placedI found this one at Brimfield, and learned the name of the illustrator who did it, which I promptly forgot! It was someone known, though, and has the feel of a New Yorker cartoon to me, perhaps just in wait of the perfect caption! Great from cap to shoes I think, especially all that ink drawn pattern, and seems like a nice one to hang either in the dressing room, to inspire efforts toward dapperness, or near the front door to inspire preparedness for