Ernest Young Man Tenderly Holding Chicken, c. 1940s-50s Snapshot save the food advertisement The figure holds a long

The figure holds a long bowl

Perhaps I project too much

I have not taken it apart but it appears to me that it was done on the inside cover of an old school geography book

though would be easily taken apart

It was a week for blocks sets

Ernest Young Man Tenderly Holding Chicken, c. 1940s-50s Snapshot save the food advertisement The figure holds a longPortraits of very sincere looking boys holding farm chickens is one of my very favorite genres ever! And a very loving relationship captured here, I'd say. Looks like a view to the coop in the background, and a couple of nice diagonals framing him and the bird too. Sweet and tender. 5 1 8" x 3 1 16". Clipped corners as evident, and some toning as evident.