Muscle Man, Coq Pose, Excellent Antique RPPC old carved wooden And though there may be

And though there may be a few pieces missing

ink and watercolor all strong

and when difficult to read in places it is primarily because of Jacob's penmanship

with the wings and tail of the blue plane snapped in half with perfect zig zag lines

Created in 1903 as a lark among three writer/artist/architect friends (Oliver Herford

Muscle Man, Coq Pose, Excellent Antique RPPC old carved wooden And though there may beQuite a looker, and quite a mustache! I'm not sure I ever drew the connection between strong man wrestler postures and those of roosters, but this sure brings that home; cock a doodle doo! And really excellent framing here I think, the oval mask making him feel all the more like a object specimen being closely inspected, as if through a scope, while the public setting makeshift looking wall behind him, view of park tables and chairs to the right gives