L'Acteur Du Maine Vintage Caricature blossoms with a B below for

with a B below for Brenda

The ground is predominately black

So when I spotted this and one other of her prints at an antiques shop recently

I have seen very similar pieces attributed to the Fratelli Toso Company in Venice and dated to the 1950s

L'Acteur Du Maine Vintage Caricature blossoms with a B below forI love the dramatic moodiness of this old (1953) caricature drawing of a young man or perhaps young woman? presumably an emerging thespian from Maine. I'd guess it was done by a street artist at a fair or tourist destination, and can just picture the scene, with the sullen subject reluctantly sitting for the portrait, perhaps forced by a parent nearby who has informed the artist of their child's acting aspirations! Surely a great gift for your