LION with Huge Red Lipped Smile, Marvelous Large Pastel on Paper Folk Drawing, Framed as Found wooden and iron spokeshave Sealed tight

Sealed tight

gentle and true

Girl measures 7 7/16" t x 3 3/4" w x 2 1/4" d

I can't say for sure that these were made by Milton Bradley

I believe the lid was likely to a paint can--it's about that size--and of course I love a painting made on whatever happens to be sitting around

LION with Huge Red Lipped Smile, Marvelous Large Pastel on Paper Folk Drawing, Framed as Found wooden and iron spokeshave Sealed tightI wish I knew everything about this one but I don't. I know it lived in a New England collection for many years, the same collection as the 1817 Lady Justice watercolor listed today; I purchased both from relatives, and know this lion was the owner's favorite. No wonder! It feels to me more more like a work of a self taught artist than a child, and a bit more "outsider" than "folk" a visionary version of a lion, though very much in conversation with a