Marvelous Antique Naive Marching Band Drawing on Inside School Book Cover miniature structure with grayish horsehair bristles attached

with grayish horsehair bristles attached to blonde

wired on the back for hanging

overall very good condition and the frame is in excellent condition

I don't know the maker of this wonderful horse

European for sure and I'd guess mid 19th century based both on style and the Orientalist nature of the portrait

Marvelous Antique Naive Marching Band Drawing on Inside School Book Cover miniature structure with grayish horsehair bristles attachedOne of my very favorite drawings I've ever found, and just the sort I'm forever opening old school books in hopes of discovering but never do. I can imagine few characters better than these musicians lined in their blue caps and suits, with wonderfully distinctive faces, surely based on real people, and this perfect yellow for horn and trumpet and drum. The hand of the figure pressing the buttons of his trumpet from above is my very favorite detail,