Thomas Jefferson (I Presume) in Red Coat, Naive Ink and Watercolor in Antique Frame corn and beans I never get over the

I never get over the loveliness of these old super soft pale horsehair brushes with beautiful long turned wood handles

A bit of research reveals that the history of the Bowie knife is quite an elusive and contested one

separating her from the realm of the painting in the background

and great beauty to the wrapping and tying of the ends to the boards

Thomas Jefferson (I Presume) in Red Coat, Naive Ink and Watercolor in Antique Frame corn and beans I never get over theI take this as a portrait of Thomas Jefferson, who loved a red coat; I don't know for sure, but at a moment when it feels like sight of the founding vision for the United States should not be lost, I'll call him so. Here looking especially quiet and contemplative, with what I take for wall paper pattern surrounding him, and, aside from his rich red coat and gray hair, looking almost as if about to fade into the ether. Under glass in a nice old wooden