Boys with Pipe and Superimposed Heart, Old Vintage Photo aged leather A little research lead me

A little research lead me to discover that this drawing must have been made after a woodcut first published as a plate in Thomas Hood's Whims and Oddities: in prose and verse

spine and binging are all in very good shape

missing pages 304-305

to how to tell the age of a horse by its teeth

Boys with Pipe and Superimposed Heart, Old Vintage Photo aged leather A little research lead meTotal love for these two, who I'd like to think really loved each other, too. The heart was cutout and printed into to the image, not collaged on top perhaps by someone else with a crush on both of them! A happy thing. 4 1 2" x 2 1 2", with general wear and loss of bottom right corner. Was once in a photo album as black paper stuck to reverse attests.