Allegorical Rooster Drama with Statue, Strange Antique Oil on Canvas, Framed boy shaving and I especially love the

and I especially love the facial expressions

a few slices of "betal nut" are wrapped in betel leaf

They come from a scarce 1808-10 work "Conchyliogie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles

And it seems that the 2-3 oz range was important

including English walnuts that have been split

Allegorical Rooster Drama with Statue, Strange Antique Oil on Canvas, Framed boy shaving and I especially love theA strange one! There seems to be a long history of rooster paintings, cock fight paintings included, though I have not been able to put a finger on the precise origins of the genre. This one oil on unstretched canvas, framed under glass I found in Maine, and believe dates to the late 19th early 20th c., with the frame perhaps original to it. And it certainly seems allegorical to me, though I'm not sure I understand all of its implications! The pair of