Thanks From Anacleto Perales, Hat in Hand: Well Weathered But Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo modern home decor and then initialed (proudly

and then initialed (proudly

Houghton Marble (1867-1947)

Like many I am listing today

Useful for sign making still (might require drawing an X through it after printing

with each letter of each name carefully carved in capital letters against stippled grounds

Thanks From Anacleto Perales, Hat in Hand: Well Weathered But Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo modern home decor and then initialed (proudlySometimes things are better when they are pristine and sometimes they are better when they are beaten up, and this retablo on tin I think is all the more winning for having clearly lived a life as Anacieto Perales certainly did, in yellow pants here, hat in hand, giving his thanks to Santo Nio De Atocha. The block lettering filling nearly half the painting is excellent visually if hard to read as it fades away toward the left edge and bottom, but