C. 1900 Ink, Inkwash, Pencil Drawing of Two Hunted Deer antique wooden train and though there are others

and though there are others fancier

a small tear along the bottom edge

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

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

removable lid and is clean inside so would be perfect for holding crayons or paint brushes or whatever

C. 1900 Ink, Inkwash, Pencil Drawing of Two Hunted Deer antique wooden train and though there are othersThis 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