Drunken Sailors with Bar Backdrop, c. 1940s Snapshot antique mask paper is a bit brittle

paper is a bit brittle

surely inspired by an image on a Grecian urn or something along those lines

I'm a sucker for a carved dog

A good one to hang by the light switch in the bedroom perhaps

like they always existed in the ether and were just waiting to be put to paper

Drunken Sailors with Bar Backdrop, c. 1940s Snapshot antique mask paper is a bit brittleThis one feels to me terrifically full of life, and very much of a moment, with the blur of the two sailors at left perfectly embodying the sense of drunkenness one guesses they were very much feeling! It's a backdrop they were standing in front of, printed with bottles and signs that perfectly frame them. WWII era I believe. 3 3 8" x 5" and in good condition.