Handsome U.S. Bugle Boy in Blue, Pencil, Ink and Watercolor Drawing tasting spoon Hazel Park

Hazel Park

The box is pretty beaten up

A useful bar tool

akin to stone lions or sphinx's but finely carved of wood--and most welcoming

9" tall x 9 1/4" across at arms

Handsome U.S. Bugle Boy in Blue, Pencil, Ink and Watercolor Drawing tasting spoon Hazel ParkI believe this drawing likely dates to the 1940s, and that our bugler wears a U. S. Navy uniform the hat at least sure looks Navy to me, and U. S. is written on the pocket of his rucksack. I just love the manner of the drawing, and especially the rendering of his face in profile, with outlined hat on top and ear framed by the line of his black hair, and then this big hand holding his trumpet to his mouth with tassels like teardrops painted in this