Ernest Young Man Tenderly Holding Chicken, c. 1940s-50s Snapshot save the food advertisement I have not taken it

I have not taken it apart but it appears to me that it was done on the inside cover of an old school geography book

It was a week for blocks sets

and thought the patterning on this antique silver gessoed wooden one suited it fairly well

I really like the geometrical form of this old tramp art bank

6 1/8” x 3 3/4”

Ernest Young Man Tenderly Holding Chicken, c. 1940s-50s Snapshot save the food advertisement I have not taken itPortraits of very sincere looking boys holding farm chickens is one of my very favorite genres ever! And a very loving relationship captured here, I'd say. Looks like a view to the coop in the background, and a couple of nice diagonals framing him and the bird too. Sweet and tender. 5 1 8" x 3 1 16". Clipped corners as evident, and some toning as evident.