Ernest Young Man Tenderly Holding Chicken, c. 1940s-50s Snapshot save the food advertisement and the homely face on

and the homely face on this one won me immediately

which makes me think it's true purpose may have been to serve as a pin cushion--and an easy one not get buried under under things

and I am quite sure painted there

I really like the geometrical form of this old tramp art bank

I have not taken it apart but it appears to me that it was done on the inside cover of an old school geography book

Ernest Young Man Tenderly Holding Chicken, c. 1940s-50s Snapshot save the food advertisement and the homely face onPortraits of very sincere looking boys holding farm chickens is one of my very favorite genres ever! And a very loving relationship captured here, I'd say. Looks like a view to the coop in the background, and a couple of nice diagonals framing him and the bird too. Sweet and tender. 5 1 8" x 3 1 16". Clipped corners as evident, and some toning as evident.