19th C. Charcoal Basket of Fruit Drawing in Great Antique Folk Frame white painted dog torch at right

torch at right

Around this time

) and birds around him

green papered sides and a pretty pretty pink lining--of course I had to say yes to this one

or a profession

19th C. Charcoal Basket of Fruit Drawing in Great Antique Folk Frame white painted dog torch at rightJust the right marriage of a naive 19th c. charcoal drawing and folk art frame I think, with a sandpaper finish to the surface of the dark red and dark blue painted frame that of course makes one think of sandpaper (marble dust) drawings from around the same time as this charcoal. The drawing of basket piled high with fruit (grapes and peaches and pear I believe) has an exuberant sort of looseness and warmth to it; perhaps it was drawn quickly to