Ethel Esme Church 1923 Dramatic Portrait of Very Dramatic Looking Man! vintage New York public schools The zig zag design on

The zig zag design on both interior and exterior is striking

with two heads leaning in and one sitting atop

They definitely have some years on them

and have a bit of feeling that they were done by the same maker

Ethel Esme Church 1923 Dramatic Portrait of Very Dramatic Looking Man! vintage New York public schools The zig zag design onWhat drama ! have to think our man in black top hat was a magician, looking as if he himself is about to disappear in a cloud of smoke with a wave of his cape! Between his orange eyes and lips and his white hair and brows, he also seems perhaps to have been been albino, making him all the more striking looking. The Ethel Esme Church who painted this was, I believe, more commonly known as Esme Church (18931972), a British actress and theatre director,