Mid 19th C. Folk Art Graphite and Watercolor Drawing: Horse Race with Chasing Dog mallets features leaves/grasses on the top

features leaves/grasses on the top and one side

with a  a two person exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1948

10 3/4" t x 3 3/8" w x 1 5/8" d and in overall very good condition

as it is so similar in form and manner to antique Erzgebirge examples

he looks to me like the one off creation of a skilled metalsmith

Mid 19th C. Folk Art Graphite and Watercolor Drawing: Horse Race with Chasing Dog mallets features leaves/grasses on the topA wonderfully done graphite and watercolor drawing c, 1850s New England I believe, and I am guessing specifically somewhere not far from me in Ipswich, MA. Wonderfully done horses, and farm houses too, and then three little men with arms raised in various positions engaged in the race, plus little dog chasing after and cow watching too! Notably, three telegraph poles punctuate the landscape pretty early examples I think, and making this seem all the