Very Large Antique Pen and Ink Bull Portrait in Period Frame morse code signaling another game board

another game board

6 1/2" t x 4 1/8" wide

I think one could project a thousand stories onto her

I just learned from an Instagram friend that this carefully drawn bug is in fact a louse

and at 7 5/8" long x 2 3/4" wide x 2 1/2" tall

Very Large Antique Pen and Ink Bull Portrait in Period Frame morse code signaling another game boardWhen 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,