SOLD Captain John J. Ivory Large c. 1930s Folk Art Painting of the Governor Rabie  mixed media on paper A little paint loss and

A little paint loss and a bit of minor flaking but stable and structure is very sound

I feel like the man in red with arms crossed on this one would make a great tattoo

but it appears to have been seized by six year old Lucile Effie Morse at some point

I recently found another postcard featuring a baby holding a bottle of spilled ink

I love the fingers on the hands most of all

SOLD Captain John J. Ivory Large c. 1930s Folk Art Painting of the Governor Rabie  mixed media on paper A little paint loss andI purchased this and a second painting (of the SS Marthas Vineyard) at an auction in New Hampshire, not knowing much about the late Capt. John J. Ivory who painted them, but just thinking they were great folk art ship paintings. The blue of that water gets me every time, and of course I love the tiny people! Ive done some research since (and there is a bunch of text handwritten by Ivory on the back of this one, too), learning that Captain Ivory was