C. 1900 Ink, Inkwash, Pencil Drawing of Two Hunted Deer antique wooden train then the face--seeming to me

then the face--seeming to me exactly the face that a coffee cup should have--was incised and and clay eyes added

5 3/8" x 3 3/8"

Now on its own it makes for a super satisfying little architectural object I think

The pages themselves are packed with drawings and notes relating to rendering the specific natures of a wide variety trees

and though there are others fancier

C. 1900 Ink, Inkwash, Pencil Drawing of Two Hunted Deer antique wooden train then the face--seeming to meThis delicate ink and ink wash drawing of two hanging deer was done on the back of the title page of a 1898 copy of the The Strand Magazine, a British periodical featuring short fiction and general interest articles. One wonders the drawing was inspired by a story inside, or whether the magazine was taken on a hunting trip for evening reading and the deer drawn from life. I find it quite elegiac, with fallen log on the ground amplifying a sense of