French 19th Century Reversal Image, Which is My Portrait? elegant plate )--took the trouble to drill

)--took the trouble to drill holes through the wood in order to stitch through its little pink nose and those great button eyes

This is a real beauty of an old stoneware crock

Not a bad reference to keep near at hand

3 3/4 inches tall

and also collaborative pieces with his wife

French 19th Century Reversal Image, Which is My Portrait? elegant plate )--took the trouble to drillWhat a curiosity! I was pretty excited to find this little antique French reversal drawing, which I believe dates to the 1840s or so, when optical illusions because a big thing in France (check out the phnakisticopes published by Joseph Plateau) and reversal portraits were circulated. (I'm including one by Daumier in the photos) This one has a very contemporary feel to me, perhaps in part because the human face keeps reminding me of the late great