The Dog, the Church, and the Sailor: Triumvirate of Antique Thread Framed Photographs handmade sign he added tiny hats to

he added tiny hats to people and animals

First photo is a composite

typically used to soften and evenly blend oil paint on the canvas

It appears to be signed or marked on the bottom but I cannot make it out

looks like the head of a seal

The Dog, the Church, and the Sailor: Triumvirate of Antique Thread Framed Photographs handmade sign he added tiny hats toA group of three wonderful antique thread framed photographs found together near the Hudson River Valley clearly all made by the same person, and a sort of triumvirate of touchstones: dog, church, and (the largest) young sailor, son I presume, though perhaps husband. I come across thread wrapped photos every now and then, but rarely ones as colorfully framed as these, and don't think I've seen ones with thread framing anything other than human