Jackly's The Funny Antique Vaudeville Postcard William Charles Palmer drawing whose crown she has once

whose crown she has once tried to claim for herself

Vintage 1970s I would guess

and associations to work of diverse other artists abound

This guy sure seems to me as if he always existed-- as if he just washed up on the shore one day fully (or almost fully) formed

Jackly's The Funny Antique Vaudeville Postcard William Charles Palmer drawing whose crown she has onceThis is one of three early vaudeville postcards I purchased together from one seller, all of which I found pretty curious: this one advertising Jackly's The Funny, the others Goodlow (with Miss Lily) and their comic trampoline act and dAlveydre the Equilibriste. Ive done some searching and havent turned up any information on any of them; there is a small part of me that thinks they are actually Surrealist creations, a notion most supported by the fact