Will Vawter 6.75x3.5 Gouache "Scotty" Smoking Cigar

Will Vawter 6.75x3.5 Gouache "Scotty" Smoking Cigar
Will Vawter (IN, 1871-1941) 6.75x3.5 , Gouache , signed lower right , "Scotty" Smoking Cigar , Provenance: From the Estate of Doug Lawrence illustration used in the poem "Scotty", published in the James Whitcomb Riley book "Songs of Friendship", faintly inscribed in pencil below image, from the poem "When our schoolin' first begun, Got two whippin's to my one: Stold and smoked the first cigar: Stood up first before the bar, Takin' whisky-straight - and me Wastin' time on "blackberry"!" as framed: 11.75 x 8
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