Waiting at the Well with Bat and Ball, Poignant Antique Mounted Albumen Photograph stone carved book on wood panel

on wood panel

14 1/4” t x 5 13/16” across at shoulders and in good condition

and think the design is brilliant

When I found her she immediately made me think of Donatello's Mary Magdalene

Waiting at the Well with Bat and Ball, Poignant Antique Mounted Albumen Photograph stone carved book on wood panelA little bit of a Waiting For Godot aspect to this one, at least in my mind, as if this boy might sit here forever with bat and ball in hand, his pitcher never to arrive. As such it seems exactly right that he should be planted next to this well (font of life, and surely the designated meeting spot for many a thing), itself looking rather forlorn, empty bucket hanging. I could look at this all day and again tomorrow and indeed our boy would still be