Old Erzgebirge Small Hand-painted Barn with Lone Horse Maine wood duck which shows very very subtly

which shows very very subtly on the front cover

The Man of the World and the Christian

reddish-rust highlights

and while I have found some other (quite collectible) Fairbank Lard trade cards online

Old Erzgebirge Small Hand-painted Barn with Lone Horse Maine wood duck which shows very very subtlyA small thing, but such a lovely one really, how to beat the color scheme and patterning on this old Erzgebirge painted barn? And a pretty great white stripe painted down the front of this brown horse's face, too. One could certainly build a miniature barnyard scene around this, though I kind of love this horse having it all to herself. The manner of the painting on the barn indicates to me c. 1920s 30s, but I think it was well stored away as it's in