Pink and Yellow Bird #2, Worm in Beak, Pennsylvania Folk Drawing c. 1900 gibbet and this one is in

and this one is in such crisp focus one can almost read the headlines

now lost if there were

I'm pretty certain this is a 20th century piece made for the tourist trade

while the Hoovers themselves feel almost like invaders amidst the Victorian interior

I'd think late 19th century and believe the wood is pine

Pink and Yellow Bird #2, Worm in Beak, Pennsylvania Folk Drawing c. 1900 gibbet and this one is inI found this drawing (and a second very similar, which I sold several months ago) in Pennsylvania tucked inside a school notebook, c. 1900 or so. Just a very joyful thing this exuberant pink crayoned and graphite detailed bird, worm in its beak and pink and yellows flowers of all sorts springing forth around it. As if all were right in the world, at least for this moment. PA for sure, graphite and crayon on lined notebook paper. 8 1 4" x 6 3 4". Very