With the passing of my Great Uncle in Novemeber I was promised some of his old pictures from the leather harness shop in the basement. Finally got up there but I only came home with one. I sure would have loved to bring home the Goodwin prints but.......
I think this one is really neat and you guys might like it too. Far as value goes, it is priceless to me being an heirloom. It is worn, stained and tattered but a gem all the same.
Would be interested in knowing the approximate age.
I suspect it is early 1900s since it has the Annie Oakley slant to it. Interesting that it is a Leopard, sugesting Africa but perhaps it was meant to be more South America themed. I doubt canned hunts were quite up and going yet. Seems it should have been a mountain lion but perhaps the theme was a good sidearm no matter where you are. Print seems to be Spanish perhaps????
The material appears to be a canvas paper but it is a print, not painted on. Hopefully the pics will show that.
All four edges have been cut from whatever it was in whether a framed print or even a calendar, I do not know. It always hung from a nail with a strip of silver tape on the top and bottom edge. As you can see it looks hour glass in the picture, it is tha actual shape of the edges, not the camera.
Any input appreciated.
From my 1908 Sears catolog they have these models listed for Colts. No idea if the artist was anal like Charlie Russel and using an actual revolver or just winging it.
I think this one is really neat and you guys might like it too. Far as value goes, it is priceless to me being an heirloom. It is worn, stained and tattered but a gem all the same.
Would be interested in knowing the approximate age.
I suspect it is early 1900s since it has the Annie Oakley slant to it. Interesting that it is a Leopard, sugesting Africa but perhaps it was meant to be more South America themed. I doubt canned hunts were quite up and going yet. Seems it should have been a mountain lion but perhaps the theme was a good sidearm no matter where you are. Print seems to be Spanish perhaps????
The material appears to be a canvas paper but it is a print, not painted on. Hopefully the pics will show that.
All four edges have been cut from whatever it was in whether a framed print or even a calendar, I do not know. It always hung from a nail with a strip of silver tape on the top and bottom edge. As you can see it looks hour glass in the picture, it is tha actual shape of the edges, not the camera.
Any input appreciated.
From my 1908 Sears catolog they have these models listed for Colts. No idea if the artist was anal like Charlie Russel and using an actual revolver or just winging it.
