Wonderful Antique Graphite Portrait of Man with Blue Eyes and Beard, Fenced Above Elbows! machine age design 6 7/8 x 5 1/4

6 7/8 x 5 1/4

and vulnerability too

sans serif capital lettering (which Johnson and Johnson used for its own logo only for a very short time) and creamy white of the tin

A bit of bumping to corners

was an especially happy find

Wonderful Antique Graphite Portrait of Man with Blue Eyes and Beard, Fenced Above Elbows! machine age design 6 7/8 x 5 1/4The more time I spend with this folk portrait, American c. 1880s I believe, the more I love it. Looking closely, it appears that there is just a very subtle bit of pale blue used for the irises of his eyes. And this wonderful care given to the brushy hairs of his beard. And this very sweet little bowtie. But what really makes if for me are the curlicue lines encircling his arms and demarcating the bottom edge of the drawing evincing a barbed wire