Cock Fight in the Barn Yard, Old Shapshot Photo stylized animals with no loss of layers

with no loss of layers

The dark blue ground is very tightly woven of very fine thread

the wires of which would have been pulled done through a hole in the bottom

There is also a bit of separation between front and side at one end

Blocks are in good condition

Cock Fight in the Barn Yard, Old Shapshot Photo stylized animals with no loss of layersThis one just struck me as quite poignant: two boys of about 14 I'd guess, facing off with cocks in hand and with the shadow of what looks to be a woman in skirt hovering over them. A nasty sport for certain, but there is something tender and intimate about the photo, and one imagines these farm boys feeling about as trapped as these birds. With a wooden hook or hinge just above them, exactly centered between the two as if marking the center of the