Boy in Dunce Cap in Classroom, Poignant Old Snapshot Photo italian faience 8 1/8" x 6 1/8"

8 1/8" x 6 1/8" framed

9 5/8" long x 7 1/8" deep x 1 7/8" tall and in excellent vintage condition

It seems quite likely this 1964 graphite drawing signed by a Phyllis Myrick was a school exercise

a farmhouse I guess with what looks like a small barn next to it--was placed on a brown paper ground and rephotographed to yield the image here

became known for his Civil War era portraits

Boy in Dunce Cap in Classroom, Poignant Old Snapshot Photo italian faience 8 1/8" x 6 1/8"Hard to believe that making students wear dunce caps was once a common practice but so it was, extending well into the 20th century as a classroom practice. Pretty rare though to find a candid snapshot of a child wearing one in class though, which this does seem to be, complete with one boy looking as if about to throw something at the camera, and what looks perhaps to be the teacher standing in the back. Heartbreaking, though I do read at least some