No It is Rotten Out, c. 1920s Ink Stamp and Graphite on 19th c. Ledger Paper lion lover with one gold square painted

with one gold square painted with a bird and flower

5 3/8” t x 3 1/4” w x 1 1/2” d

Two of the arms have hooks at their ends that seem made for grabbing and pulling

It doesn't get much more rustic than this very old three-legged wooden milking stool

This guy seems to me kind and quite sensitive

No It is Rotten Out, c. 1920s Ink Stamp and Graphite on 19th c. Ledger Paper lion lover with one gold square paintedThis is one of five drawings on ledger paper I am listing, all found together, with some 19th c. writing on some of the pages, but the drawings (or in this case printed lettering) done a few decades later, I'm guessing 1920s or 30s, when a kid, or a couple of them, got a hold of the ledger. The phrase "No, it is rotten out" spelled out in hand stamped letters really makes this for me, but then I also like to think about handsome George, and wonder