Very Old Batten Door, Earlyish 20th C. Real Photo Postcard early victorian holding a cache of collected

holding a cache of collected rocks or shells

perhaps painted on Monhegan island mid century or so

I want and need to learn a lot more about the use and symbolism embedded in these

plus he has these finely and emphatically painted eyebrows

2 1/4” diameter

Very Old Batten Door, Earlyish 20th C. Real Photo Postcard early victorian holding a cache of collectedA curious one, which seems to have been taken in a museum, with signage on the door and next to the pictures hanging on the walls to either side, just out of readable reach. I presume the batten door itself is a very early American one, with what looks to be a hole worn through at the center and with early windsor chairs framing it at either side, as if guards at the literal door. Framing and more framing and more framing, and I always love an old