Antique Relief Carved Panel with Portrait in Profile handmade houses or to appear

or to appear

At first I thought this was made of concrete due to its whitish crusty surface

So this poster comes from its heyday

and the font on the capital letters

Antique Relief Carved Panel with Portrait in Profile handmade houses or to appearI found this in Vermont but believe its origins are European, and my guess would be French, perhaps portraying an explorer of distant lands, with what I take for mountains or the edges of landmasses at the corners. Or, maybe, in his finery, he's no less than a king, ruling lands near and far. Whatever the case, I think the panel is quite wonderfully carved, and quite a character he is with that long mane and mustache and chin up profile making me