A Very Well Dressed Man, Ink on Board Vintage Illustration small whimsy carving with a bit of yellow

with a bit of yellow paint near where the handle meets the head

What makes them most distinctive and interesting to me--in addition to the elaborate framework he constructed around them--are the backgrounds that set them off

against which the cream arrow and stencil painted letters pretty much glow

painted with one strategically placed black blob

A Very Well Dressed Man, Ink on Board Vintage Illustration small whimsy carving with a bit of yellowI found this one at Brimfield, and learned the name of the illustrator who did it, which I promptly forgot! It was someone known, though, and has the feel of a New Yorker cartoon to me, perhaps just in wait of the perfect caption! Great from cap to shoes I think, especially all that ink drawn pattern, and seems like a nice one to hang either in the dressing room, to inspire efforts toward dapperness, or near the front door to inspire preparedness for