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Two images: at top, a man in white tie sits at a table writing (presumably) a story about the lower image, which shows an old man with immense white beard and wearing tattered clothes walking through snowy wilderness. [Possibly depicts Washington Irving and Rip Van Winkle.] Below, a blank for the owner's name, bowling pins to the left, a gnome to the right ready to throw a bowling ball.
Two images: at top, a man in white tie sits at a table writing (presumably) a story about the lower image, which shows an old man with immense white beard and wearing tattered clothes walking through snowy wilderness. [Possibly depicts Washington Irving and Rip Van Winkle.] Below, a blank for the owner's name, bowling pins to the left, a gnome to the right ready to throw a bowling ball.