Marvelous Antique Naive Marching Band Drawing on Inside School Book Cover iron object such it is all about

such it is all about the expressions and gestures of the two fighters

8 5/8” t x 6” across at wings x 2” d (base) and in good condition

Rhead Pottery in Santa Barbara operated only from 1914-17 so the date on this is certain

but the paint is long gone if so

at shoulders and near the base

Marvelous Antique Naive Marching Band Drawing on Inside School Book Cover iron object such it is all aboutOne 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,