A Very Well Dressed Man, Ink on Board Vintage Illustration small whimsy carving What makes them most distinctive

What makes them most distinctive and interesting to me--in addition to the elaborate framework he constructed around them--are the backgrounds that set them off

This is a small but stunning

Maybe even a sort of family tree

with bold black letters and cut to an arrow at one end

painted with one strategically placed black blob

A Very Well Dressed Man, Ink on Board Vintage Illustration small whimsy carving What makes them most distinctiveI found this one at Brimfield, and learned the name of the illustrator who did it, which I promptly forgot! It was someone known, though, and has the feel of a New Yorker cartoon to me, perhaps just in wait of the perfect caption! Great from cap to shoes I think, especially all that ink drawn pattern, and seems like a nice one to hang either in the dressing room, to inspire efforts toward dapperness, or near the front door to inspire preparedness for