Cow Behind the Log Pile with Basket and Squirrel, Clever Old Naive Graphite Drawing 1812 with light wear and minor

with light wear and minor foxing along edges

or an artist

With string ties at her joints and varnished surface

A blue rose I believe

I am a bit confused about whether a photo of a painting or not--I think perhaps a photo of a photo that had been embellished with hand-painting (especially evident on neck tie and jacket

Cow Behind the Log Pile with Basket and Squirrel, Clever Old Naive Graphite Drawing 1812 with light wear and minorJust a clever little drawing, which makes me smile, including for the tiny squirrel hovering in the bottom left corner. I really love the way those piled logs were drawn too, contained between the stumps of the trees which, one presumes, yielded them. 4 3 4" x 4". Graphite on lined school paper, very good condition, earlyish 20th century.