Ernest Young Man Tenderly Holding Chicken, c. 1940s-50s Snapshot save the food advertisement The figure holds a long

The figure holds a long bowl

and I am quite sure painted there

which makes me think it's true purpose may have been to serve as a pin cushion--and an easy one not get buried under under things

though would be easily taken apart

and the homely face on this one won me immediately

Ernest Young Man Tenderly Holding Chicken, c. 1940s-50s Snapshot save the food advertisement The figure holds a longPortraits of very sincere looking boys holding farm chickens is one of my very favorite genres ever! And a very loving relationship captured here, I'd say. Looks like a view to the coop in the background, and a couple of nice diagonals framing him and the bird too. Sweet and tender. 5 1 8" x 3 1 16". Clipped corners as evident, and some toning as evident.