Company H, 4th Sec. Cabin, Lovely Small Antique Painting on Oiled Canvas Over Wood, Signed Hicks wooden framed slate which always makes for winning

which always makes for winning in my book

representing good fortune as well as happiness and joy

8 1/2"t  x 7 1/4" w measured on the square

A humble still life painting

Company H, 4th Sec. Cabin, Lovely Small Antique Painting on Oiled Canvas Over Wood, Signed Hicks wooden framed slate which always makes for winningOne of two by the same maker I purchased at the New Hampshire antique show, both painted on waxed canvas stretched over solid wood panel, with the waxing of the canvas lending an delicate, atmospheric quality that photos can't quite capture. And the soft, subtle palette on this one makes lends it a particular sort of otherworldliness, as if hovering in the space of one's memory. The door of this lonely little cabin reads 4th Sec Co H, which I presume