Man in Suit, Charming and Much Patinated Milagro, Earlyish 20th C. Italian 19th century folk art drawing and how ever to resist

and how ever to resist a box made by

the depiction of a woman with one breast bared subsequently became used more broadly to connote "mistress

Something about this package of labels wrapped in brown paper and tied up in string satisfies my eye and sensibilities very much

Part of what appeals to me about this particular group of cards is how much their compositions parallel 19th c

To either side is more glass

Man in Suit, Charming and Much Patinated Milagro, Earlyish 20th C. Italian 19th century folk art drawing and how ever to resistI found a match of this suited man milagro being sold for much more than I am listing him for described as an Italian; I don't know otherwise, so will presume that's correct, and believe he dates to the earlyish 20th century. Milagros (also known as an ex voto or dijes or promesas) are religious folk charms traditionally used as votive offerings for healing purposes offered to a symbol of a saint as a reminder of a petitioner's particular need (in the