SOLD Great Old Varnished Cow Painting on Wood Panel antique gift book How silly I feel to

How silly I feel to have formerly bought boring new padlocks when there are such great old ones around

and when you screw it off

all to the good I think as it makes a nice and easy pocket or sleeve for  a book or notebook or love notes now

) McLoughlin (1858-1920

first taught in America in the first half of the 19th c

SOLD Great Old Varnished Cow Painting on Wood Panel antique gift book How silly I feel toI found this one at the Rhinebeck Antiques show last weekend and was sold in one second flat lots of life to this cow, and also a certain effortlessness to the rendering, and that white triangle at the center of its forehead lands just right to hold it all together. With a perfect wispiness to the end of its tail and painterly dark green grass all around its nicely hoofed feet. With a thin layer of stain varnish over top, and lots of pencil writing