Pierre Albert Leroux Ink and Watercolor of French Officer on Horseback unusual broom which I think just adds

which I think just adds to its charm

and one thin slice in the clay on the bottom of one plate

made with real slate that retains a sense of many many years of school lessons performed across its surface--and I believe this is an especially old one (19th c I think)

again rather mysterious

I purchased three of these from a seller whose mother had gifted him many varieties of frogs and toads over the years

Pierre Albert Leroux Ink and Watercolor of French Officer on Horseback unusual broom which I think just addsI purchased this and a few other pieces by Pierre Albert Leroux (1890 1959) from a dealer in France I found online I just fell in love with the sense of intimacy they lend to their official, uniformed subjects (including this horse, which looks like quite an old soul to me) and no fuss manner in which they were done. While I might have guessed that he was self taught, I have learned that Leroux, born in Versailles, trained under Academic history