Very Large Antique Pen and Ink Bull Portrait in Period Frame framed hair art 4 3/8" t x 1

4 3/8" t x 1 3/4" w x 1 5/8" d and in excellent antique condition

Signed in syllabics with disc number and dated 1982 on the inside

Really a lovely and interesting piece to live with--or a great gift for the runner or Existentialist in your life

These old stone fruit grapes were one of my favorite Brimfield finds

both in mint condition

Very Large Antique Pen and Ink Bull Portrait in Period Frame framed hair art 4 3/8" t x 1When I spotted this bull from quite a distance in Vermont this past week, I had two immediate thoughts. First, its scale and pen work made with think of Spencerian drawings minus all of the calligraphic flourishes which seems right when rendering the proud head of a bull! Second, as someone who spent many years living in Kansas City, I thought this one really should find a home in the midwest, perhaps ideally on the wall of an old school steakhouse,