Boy with Dog 19th Century Folk Art "Sandpaper" Painting fifth edition Wizard of Oz and likely dates to the

and likely dates to the 1980s or so

which I have had no luck connecting with anything else

I don't think photos do full justice to the glow of the green ground

Day created each piece of popcorn using carefully crafted molds

which is in good condition (I have taped around the edges on the back to prevent it from sliding around a bit in the frame)

Boy with Dog 19th Century Folk Art "Sandpaper" Painting fifth edition Wizard of Oz and likely dates to theThis marvelous thing is an antique "sandpaper painting" a technique popular in the mid 19th century, of creating charcoal drawings on paper coated with marble dust, which creates a surface with a fine grit like sandpaper. These are a pretty fascinating genre, typically monochromatic and most often depicting Hudson River landscapes, though one occasionally finds portraits and examples incorporating color, like this one. These most often were done by