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

) The striped piece sticking straight up like a feather is a huge seed pod of some sort I believe

the paint on it is a much brighter white

I think the painted painted faces are pretty fabulous

all over big gray spots

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