Johny Martin, Saloon Keeper & "Hoodlum" Owner. Types in Lumber Region, Sketches from Life.
Michigan: 1893. Watercolor drawing on paper. Signed and dated. Sheet measures 8 3/4" x 7 5/8". This original watercolor drawing by Daniel C. Beard includes four drawings from life of people the artist encountered while visiting Michigan in February of 1893. Around this time, Beard worked as an illustrator for books by Mark Twain, Ernest Crosby, and others. The top half of the drawing includes two watercolor drawings, one color and one black-and-white, of "Johny Martin, Saloon Keeper & 'Hoodlum'..... More