Small Antique Folk Art Portrait Painting of Poe-esque Man in Black pink dyed splint ash basket and his wind up mechanics

and his wind up mechanics no longer function

another reading

and also the title card

It features three drawers (numbered in pencil on the back) with dovetailed corner joints and turned mahogany pulls

Small Antique Folk Art Portrait Painting of Poe-esque Man in Black pink dyed splint ash basket and his wind up mechanicsGreat face, looking a bit like Edgar Allen Poe, or at least as full of anxiety as so feeling quite apt for the moment! I'm forever on the hunt for small antique paintings that pack a big punch, portraits most of all hard to find, and what a lot of personality to this one, with the black ground just right. 10 1 2" x 8 1 2". Signed what looks like E. F. Carr on the back of the canvas, with "No. 5" above. Oil on canvas. A few scratches to his face, which