LION with Huge Red Lipped Smile, Marvelous Large Pastel on Paper Folk Drawing, Framed as Found wooden and iron spokeshave who appears to be smiling

who appears to be smiling

but I might guess that they were and that they date to about the same time

I'm very tempted to keep for myself

old chip to one corner and a bit of warping (when laid flat on a surface

and I have since found a couple of other examples of this specific apothecary case out there--one at Bonham's

LION with Huge Red Lipped Smile, Marvelous Large Pastel on Paper Folk Drawing, Framed as Found wooden and iron spokeshave who appears to be smilingI wish I knew everything about this one but I don't. I know it lived in a New England collection for many years, the same collection as the 1817 Lady Justice watercolor listed today; I purchased both from relatives, and know this lion was the owner's favorite. No wonder! It feels to me more more like a work of a self taught artist than a child, and a bit more "outsider" than "folk" a visionary version of a lion, though very much in conversation with a