Henry Neiswanger's Barn with Stables, 1905 JH Adair Drawing, Spring Grove, PA fancy woman doorstop and I believe the fine

and I believe the fine gauge wool yarn with which the skin was knit was hand-dyed

Though not quite as fine as the American Crayon Company's "Waltham" chalk

is Native American--makes me want to stand up straighter and carry myself with even half of the dignity she seems to possess

and it is most definitely old

and her expression--one can just feel the harsh wind she is braced against

Henry Neiswanger's Barn with Stables, 1905 JH Adair Drawing, Spring Grove, PA fancy woman doorstop and I believe the fineOne of a couple more today by a young J. H Adair of Spring Grove, PA, c. 1905, which I purchased together; just my sort of drawings. I found a number of Neiswangers in Lancaster Country, PA , including two Henrys, one born in 1796 and one in 1857, both of whom ultimately wound up in Ohio. I'm a sucker for a Pennsylvania folk art drawing of a barn, but it's the specific of this one I really love, with the majority of attention paid to detailing the