Marvelous Antique Naive Marching Band Drawing on Inside School Book Cover miniature structure I don't know the maker

I don't know the maker of this wonderful horse

with grayish horsehair bristles attached to blonde

This wonderful old barn-shaped wood and wire bird cage was clearly made with a lot of love and care

European for sure and I'd guess mid 19th century based both on style and the Orientalist nature of the portrait

and quite a piece of history on many fronts

Marvelous Antique Naive Marching Band Drawing on Inside School Book Cover miniature structure I don't know the makerOne of my very favorite drawings I've ever found, and just the sort I'm forever opening old school books in hopes of discovering but never do. I can imagine few characters better than these musicians lined in their blue caps and suits, with wonderfully distinctive faces, surely based on real people, and this perfect yellow for horn and trumpet and drum. The hand of the figure pressing the buttons of his trumpet from above is my very favorite detail,