Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate marbled who is a children's book

who is a children's book author and illustrator--and a print made from this block would certainly make for a terrific illustration in a children's book about farm life

One can slide the weight on the metal balance attached to the arrow to adjust the height of the bait in the water

the paint on it is a much brighter white

I think pine

I purchased this piece from the estate sale of a former gallerist and great collector on Newbury Street in Boston that included an endless array of wonderful things

Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate marbled who is a children's bookI thought this sweet little painting Victorian era, I'd think on an old school slate would make a great gift for an emerging seamstress, or anyone handy with a needle and thread, really. I love how the spool to her left appears to be falling from the sky, like a shooting star, and she reminds me of a waif from Dickens or the like, with this moment signaling her destiny yet to unfold! All of this is made even better by the old gold paint on the wood