Peaches and Grapes, Antique Folk Art Oil on Board Painting old wooden signcle hand-drawn in black and yellow

hand-drawn in black and yellow ink and mailed in 1907 from Halifax

done in mossy green thread on linen

Their super painterly surfaces appear to be thickly applied enamel

she worked at the Hudson River Museum

whittled to taper at the tail end

Peaches and Grapes, Antique Folk Art Oil on Board Painting old wooden signcle hand-drawn in black and yellowA nicely atmospheric old oil on board painting of a pair of dangling peaches and a bunch of grapes. The tall narrow shape of the board is somewhat unusual, and I must say the vertically oriented composition with strategically arranged hanging fruits makes me wonder whether this wasn't meant as a nod to a nude torso of a woman?! Maybe that's just me, or maybe it was subconscious or maybe it was a very deliberate visual metaphor! Whatever the case, I