Elastic Ariel and Monsieur Mercury, c.1840s Hand-colored Engraving handmade wooden signb and they make great paperweights

and they make great paperweights

the dealer I bought them from had purchased a body of work by Gaylor and his wife Adelaide Lawson from a one time neighbor of the couple on Long Island

and to my eye beautifully merges a mid-century elegance with a more folky sensibility

all filled

remind me a bit of the incredible work of the visionary self taught artist Martin Ramirez (reference image included in photos

Elastic Ariel and Monsieur Mercury, c.1840s Hand-colored Engraving handmade wooden signb and they make great paperweightsA small thing, which was clearly extracted from a 19th century scrapbook, but which I find just wonderful. I believe the questions along the bottom are riddles, and would guess the answers begin with the letters "T" and "U," printed at upper right which would also imply that there was once a whole alphabet's worth. Terrific block printed color, and I sure love their balletic postures and starry wands! An image search on this one turns up nothing, so