Two 1880s Blair Family Letters and Envelopes with Scrawls and Little Drawings painted wood blocks The painting

The painting

medium-5 1/4" tall x 8 1/2" d

patch included

While later pieces were made using molds

Two 1880s Blair Family Letters and Envelopes with Scrawls and Little Drawings painted wood blocks The paintingMore things dug from piles, these two letters and envelopes chosen primarily for their aesthetic value I love the dense flurry of letters and flourishes on one of them, and most especially the envelope reading "I had a dag bay," a sort of pig latin I assume for a bad day. Then this great bust of a woman above it, and a little man with hat and horse on reverse. One of the letters is addressed to an Atkins Blair and dated 1888, and talks a lot about a