Two (2) Mexican folk art retablo paintings. Both are painted on tin with shaped tin and painted glass frames. 1st item: A depiction of the "Lord of the Column," with the flagellated Christ in an interior setting wearing a white loincloth and kneeling beside a column on which rest several whips. Sight - 6.5" H x 9.5" W. Framed - 14.5" H x 15" W. 2nd item: a float-mounted, half-length depiction of a hooded St. Jerome contemplating a skull and holding a crucifix. Sight: 9 3/4" H x 6.5" W. Framed: 20.5" H x 14.5" W. Both late-19th or early-20th century.

The Estate of James Lewis, Carthage, Tennessee.

Overall good condition. 1st item's frame is detached on three sides. 2nd item has minor areas of loss to the paint including small scratches and a scrape over the skull's left eye socket, approximately 1/2 inch. Both frames show general wear including minor creasing of tin.