Jas. A Murley, Antique Hand-cut Scrap Lead Stencil painting of face and under her simple cotton

and under her simple cotton dress a smartly wrapped undergarment fastened with a safety pin

is about the most charming thing I can imagine

and in that context especially I found them really beautiful

that time keeps marching on

with perfect amount of rust

Jas. A Murley, Antique Hand-cut Scrap Lead Stencil painting of face and under her simple cottonI really love an old hand cut stencil, and even better one of one, and I also really love most anything proudly spelling out the name of someone who lived long ago. To my eye, the lettering in this one one could not be any better, either with those excellent serifs on the J and L and Y. Plus it appears something of a make do creation, making use of a scrap of lead (I believe) surely left over from something else and so following its as found arc with