General Sol Meredith, Wayne Blouch Early 20th C. Graphite and Watercolor Drawing stacking toy 2 cards per set

2 cards per set

as pictured (the colors in photographs are pretty accurate

The short verse on one side is pretty unusual too- I read it as basically saying 'do not be lazy

but which felt like a special thing

which operated from 1859 to 1899--so the toy is well over a hundred years old

General Sol Meredith, Wayne Blouch Early 20th C. Graphite and Watercolor Drawing stacking toy 2 cards per setI've been pulling some things out that I've been sitting on a while, this watercolor of Civil War Union Army General Sol Meredith among them. Though unsigned, I know it is by Wayne Blouch, one of a good number of drawings of his I purchased together, and many of which were featured in a collaborative "viewing room" project I did a few years ago with Ricco Maresca Gallery. This and a portrait of Ben Franklin I am also listing today were odd ones out so