Wonderful 1833 Sandborn NH Award of Hogreeve (manager of stray swine) to John Deerborn (with Hand-drawn Pig) Tokyo and definitely with some age

and definitely with some age

and renowned for making unique carved and gilded frames

) I have to guess it was done as a very elaborate

with this little man in brimmed hat at the center of the train

Watercolor and graphite on laid paper

Wonderful 1833 Sandborn NH Award of Hogreeve (manager of stray swine) to John Deerborn (with Hand-drawn Pig) Tokyo and definitely with some ageI love this one so much, found not far from Sandbornton, New Hampshire, where it originated nearly 200 years ago. "To John Dearborn Jr, Greeting, The good citizens of Sandbornton, confiding in your skill, integrity, industry and justice, at a town meeting duly notified and holden March 12th, 1833, duly elected you a Hogreeve and Field Driver Attest John Cary, Town Clerk, Sandbornton, March 13, 1833." A hogreeve was a Colonial New England term for a