Man with Knife and Rifle, Dog with Head Turned, Large Paper Print Photo silver-plate and revealing carved fingernails

and revealing carved fingernails

and looking like rather like a peephole in a wall when closed

There is a little minor rippling of the needlepoint overall

Even better

There is an old fold line down the center

Man with Knife and Rifle, Dog with Head Turned, Large Paper Print Photo silver-plate and revealing carved fingernailsThis one is all about atmosphere, and attitude, for me. I love portraits of people and their dogs, and quite a pair these two, with this fellow looking rather renegade to me. I find the gesture of the dog's raised and turned head the hinge of the whole image: turned as if to register the man's expression and to have an eye on the position of his gun! while also exposing neck and chest in what feels like a vulnerable way. 10" x 6 3 8". Paper print,