Benton-esque Old Folk Art Slate Painting, House With Mill brass boots locking it very tightly so

locking it very tightly so that ink could never escape

and I think the bottle would have been made to hold beer or ginger beer

I am not certain if this flurry of ringleted girls--the style of the day--include a few different takes on "Jane

but it seems to me that anything that consumed such time

composed of felt and silk and what appears to be leather for the eyes and marvelous nose

Benton-esque Old Folk Art Slate Painting, House With Mill brass boots locking it very tightly soI found this one in Western MA, probably not far form where it was painted I believe about 100 years ago on a school slate well older that that, with initials carved into the wood on one side. What struck me especially was the palette and gesturally painted passages of near abstraction, unusual in my experience for a folk painting on slate, and immediately making me think of Thomas Hart Benton. Also feels kind of Adirondack y. 12 3 4 x 8 3 4 and in