1883 Pansies and Books and Birthday Wishes Trompe l’Oeil Oil on Board special basket I have a feeling the

I have a feeling the rudder beside him was the maker's proudest accomplishment

His head measures 2" across

but everything about it suggests his work to me--in which case I am selling it as quite a bargain price

And happily

short sides are 9 13/16"

1883 Pansies and Books and Birthday Wishes Trompe l’Oeil Oil on Board special basket I have a feeling theIve been drawn like a magnet lately to paintings with solid black grounds so satisfyingly graphic, and amplifying the sense of significance and symbolic weight to the subjects portrayed. And I love any sort of troupe loeil, especially with books in it! This one appears to have been painted as a present, marking the occasion of the recipients birthday on an April 8. 1883. Curiously, the painted text on that page of the book seems first to have read