Painted Small Relief Carved Portrait of Boy with (Upside down) Teddy Bear hand-written calendar carefully making his way through

carefully making his way through the snow with trusty dog companion at his side

For this book published by George Brazilier

The book plate is from a 1870 French volume I believe titled "Le Ciel" (the Sky)

but I'm pretty certain that they're actually meant to represent soldiers

Painted Small Relief Carved Portrait of Boy with (Upside down) Teddy Bear hand-written calendar carefully making his way throughI like this one for its folky strangeness, and for the fact that it was most definitely carved after a photograph, right down to the fact that this young boy holds his (wonderfully awkward) teddy bear upside down! I also like that this buttoned up boy looks as much like a grown man as he does a young child to me appearing as if well on his way to become a suburban banker, or an accountant though I always root for surprises, and he does look a but as