Art
Lunatic Billy Bats Outsider Art Drawing, 1872
$1,400
An unknown outsider artist drawing of the lunatic Billy Bats of Troy, New York, 1872.
Note from artist affixed to verso: “Billy Bats is a lunatic who spent years in the asylum and now lives with his sister near the brickworks. He is harmless and keeps stray dogs.”
Period1872
ConditionDrawing is good with toning and cockling. In antique gilt frame with antique glass. Gilding shows wear to lower edge.
DimensionsSight 6 ½ by 9 ¾ inches; frame 8 ¾ by 12 inches.
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