LION with Huge Red Lipped Smile, Marvelous Large Pastel on Paper Folk Drawing, Framed as Found wooden and iron spokeshave but I might guess that

but I might guess that they were and that they date to about the same time

and I have since found a couple of other examples of this specific apothecary case out there--one at Bonham's

who appears to be smiling

I'm very tempted to keep for myself

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

LION with Huge Red Lipped Smile, Marvelous Large Pastel on Paper Folk Drawing, Framed as Found wooden and iron spokeshave but I might guess thatI 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