Funny Money, Curious Old Hand-drawn Folk Art Dollar, Ink and Graphite on Wove, c. Late 19th Century post and beam 55 specimens total)

55 specimens total)

black ink on card

5 9/16" t x 1 5/16" w x 1 1/4" d

and of course I am a sucker for an old color study

handwritten on a paper "Fancy Furs" label from Cotrell & Loeonard fur shop

Funny Money, Curious Old Hand-drawn Folk Art Dollar, Ink and Graphite on Wove, c. Late 19th Century post and beam 55 specimens total)So fun, and what a portrait, and surely a hand drawn dollar bill will hold its value more than a real one!(: Lots and lots packed in here detail photos give a good sense, including of lots of exuberant mark making and pattern. I know from the seller that this, and a second listed today, were pulled out of an old estate in Louisville, Kentucky. This one seems to draw reference inspiration from numerous currency sources, later 19th century treasury