Very Large Antique Pen and Ink Bull Portrait in Period Frame papier mache napkin rings now the mirror is not

now the mirror is not especially useful by our contemporary standards

and circles

perhaps in making use of a compass among other things

allowing him to wave high or low

Very Large Antique Pen and Ink Bull Portrait in Period Frame papier mache napkin rings now the mirror is notWhen I spotted this bull from quite a distance in Vermont this past week, I had two immediate thoughts. First, its scale and pen work made with think of Spencerian drawings minus all of the calligraphic flourishes which seems right when rendering the proud head of a bull! Second, as someone who spent many years living in Kansas City, I thought this one really should find a home in the midwest, perhaps ideally on the wall of an old school steakhouse,