Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man Girard Railroad Handcar A nice size for framing

A nice size for framing photos and all sorts of other things

signed on the the bottom "Lutrell Studio

She stands squarely on her base

The boxes closes tightly and is in good overall condition

There is some paint loss around the lip and on the body decoration and some scattered stains/smudges

Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man Girard Railroad Handcar A nice size for framingSuch a fabulous fellow, to me looking like a bit professorial, and unusually and quite brilliantly hinged at the waist, which makes it easy to take a seat! It looks like he once had arms and surely feet, too, but I think he's just as well without them, such that one only needs to negotiate one moving part! Wonderfully carved head with beak like nose and ears, and what I believe was a combination of ink and graphite drawing the hair, mustache, eyes and