Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri
Early Book of Drawings by an Asylum Patient
Reid Henderson shared these scans of a handmade book of pencil drawings done on ledger paper from State Hospital #3 that he once owned. It is circa1900. It includes over 285 drawings - portraits of people,animals, buildings, steamboats etc. Presumably done by a patient of the hospital and obviously done over several years. It is a wonderful folk art collection. Look at the interesting eyes of the subjects.
http://www.lyndonirwin.com/asylum4.htm
Early Book of Drawings by an Asylum Patient
Reid Henderson shared these scans of a handmade book of pencil drawings done on ledger paper from State Hospital #3 that he once owned. It is circa1900. It includes over 285 drawings - portraits of people,animals, buildings, steamboats etc. Presumably done by a patient of the hospital and obviously done over several years. It is a wonderful folk art collection. Look at the interesting eyes of the subjects.
http://www.lyndonirwin.com/asylum4.htm
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