Patience! 50 Years Waiting for a Letter, Pencil Drawn Postcard, 1908 horsehair clothes brush smaller pedestal: 2 1/2" tall

smaller pedestal: 2 1/2" tall

the strap that would be used to snap the box closed is fairly tattered

Signed and dated on reverse

though it does appear he might rather enjoy playing the part of mourner

The head will stand upright if leaned against something

Patience! 50 Years Waiting for a Letter, Pencil Drawn Postcard, 1908 horsehair clothes brush smaller pedestal: 2 1/2" tallThis clever hand drawn postcard takes on new resonance these days, as we wait and worry wondering whether our mail will ever arrive! Here, the sender, Lucien has drawn himself as a young man cheerfully receiving a postcard from his uncle, which reads Letter suit ('letter to follow') on the front. Then he draws himself 50 years older, still waiting at the mailbox for the letter to arrive! On reverse, the message to his dear uncle in Grenoble: better