Colored Pencil and Pastel Folk Art Drawing with Eagle to the Rescue! antique horse puppet or was just super committed

or was just super committed to teaching himself how to sail

8 3/4" l x 1 3/4" wide and deep and in very good condition

Three separate letters included for a total of nine pages densely filled front and back plus a tiny of photo

earthy brown decorated with white stripes

Gorgeous filled with flowers but also just on its own

Colored Pencil and Pastel Folk Art Drawing with Eagle to the Rescue! antique horse puppet or was just super committedI was drawn to the drama of this one, which I take for an allegory of sorts, with what I take as an eagle (though could be a hawk?) coming to the rescue of the dove that has been tethered by a fox (or coyote?) An American eagle as the savior might be a bit much, so I'm glad it's more broadly archetypal here, and certainly it is the dove that captures my empathy, very sweetly done, especially with head pointed forward as pdf looking toward its future