Benedict, Basil, Gabriel and Evangline, Fabulous 1897 Folk Art Graphite Drawing woven cloth and then this big hand

and then this big hand holding his trumpet to his mouth with tassels like teardrops painted in this perfect blue hanging from it

11 1/2" x 9" in very good condition

signed at lower right

to her bangled wrist and the way her hand leans on this pedestal

and though I haven't been able to place its maker (it is signed on the underside but a bit difficult to read the last couple of letters of the last name) I am sure it has not travelled too far

Benedict, Basil, Gabriel and Evangline, Fabulous 1897 Folk Art Graphite Drawing woven cloth and then this big handTOTAL delight finding this one near Albany this week so good! An F. W. Terry rendered this scene on what one imagines was a chilly January evening in 1897 portraying, I have to guess, Benedict and Gabriel deep in a chess match in front the fire, while Basil and Evangline gazed into each other's eye sharing confidences and holding hands in the window seat nearby. Feels a bit 1970s as well as 1890s! Brilliantly executed down to ever detail, the