Young Man with Many Animals, Curious Old Real Photo Postcard gray scale watercolor terrific plaid trousers and--look closely--a

terrific plaid trousers and--look closely--a twig hanging poking out of the corner of his mouth

but it's a watercolor indeed

embracing a sweetheart - while looking straight at us with an expression that seems some combination of eager and sly

this (and its mate) is the other Brimfield find purchased thinking of absolutely no one but myself

early 19th century I would guess

Young Man with Many Animals, Curious Old Real Photo Postcard gray scale watercolor terrific plaid trousers and--look closely--aI would really love to know everything about the young man in this photo, who appears to have a rat perched atop his hat, a bird on his shoulder, a dog in one hand and what? a log??? in the other! An animal whisperer one has to think! And perhaps it was termites infesting the log, or fleas infesting the dog, that left what appears to be a trail of almost microscopic little bites across the surface of the photo, which I can't feel at all on the