"The First Chosen", Folk Painting of Soldier Propped Against House with Grass, Panama City, FL., 1948 handmade clock face but would have to guess

but would have to guess late-ish 19th century

Those striped and checkerboard patterns-- created by way of the natural dyes--are pretty great too

He was a faculty member at the Cambridge School of Weston

I am a sucker for a red cross patch or pin

among whom seaweed collecting and pressing was quite the thing during the Victorian era

"The First Chosen", Folk Painting of Soldier Propped Against House with Grass, Panama City, FL., 1948 handmade clock face but would have to guessAt first I thought it was a mirror rather than a painting propped up against what I presume is the house or maybe garage and that illusionism is part of what I love about this snapshot, making one want to peer into the painting to catch the reflection of the person taking the photo. But instead it is a soldier on his bed looking back at us, and two more beds behind him, creating a sort of ad infinitum sense of space, which heightens the overall