Marvelous Naive Graphite Horse Drawing, 1887, Framed painted wood and while I don't know

and while I don't know that he's antique

that this very beautiful boy is in fact a very young soldier--and I have learned that during WW2 Fred Harvey's Harvey House restaurants re-opened to serve soldiers as they traveled in troop trains across the U

The wood is in terrific shape

25ʺD × 6ʺH and is in excellent condition

Marvelous Naive Graphite Horse Drawing, 1887, Framed painted wood and while I don't knowPure joy. What a wonderful horse. And clearly a hard working one, forever climbing uphill. Graphite on paper, with some writing on the back, dated Year 1887. I had this old black and gold painted wooden frame sitting around waiting for just the right thing, so popped this into it and think they are a very good match. Drawing, graphite on cream paper: 6 1 8" x 3 3 4". Old painted wooden frame (old glass, mounted to new matching cream mat with archival