An Interesting Large c.1900 Carved & Painted Wooden Folk Art Figure; ‘Andrew’ sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Medical students relied on these

Medical students relied on these figures because they provided a good representation of what the anatomical model looks like

The carving shows undeniable quality and depth

There is a gallery label verso which dates the picture and reads “Roberson and Miller…Manufacturers of water and oil colours

Nowhere is this displayed more clearly than in his works for The Dragon of the Alchemists

This rare example

An Interesting Large c.1900 Carved & Painted Wooden Folk Art Figure; ‘Andrew’ sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Medical students relied on theseOrigin: English or American Period: Late Nineteenth Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1910 Height: 24. 5 inches The unusually large primitive folk art naively carved soft wooden figure standing at over two feet and having jointed arms, possibly fashioned for shop display use, as a bearded negro farm worker with a quizzical look on his black painted face, having glass eyes, part leather cap and horse hair beard, with pyjama