Bear Chasing Man Up Tree, Old Snapshot Photograph Scherenschnitte cupid Here is a great promise

Here is a great promise of joy

Jones's work was not easily mistaken as traditional

I would guess it indeed dates to the mid to late 19th century

helping to supply lumber for the great suburban expansion

This seems to me the sort of drawing that should inspire a novel--or

Bear Chasing Man Up Tree, Old Snapshot Photograph Scherenschnitte cupid Here is a great promiseIf you are like me, you see the bear first, and only after a few moments notice the foot at the end of a long leg just above it! Quite an amazing image, and a beautiful photograph formally, with the quality of a very fine scherenschnitte cut paper silhouette. And certainly an apt metaphor for many a'thing. Early 20th century I believe and pretty amazing I think. 5 5 8 x 3 1 2 and in very good condition.