Naive 19th C Pennsylvania Watercolor Drawing of Civil War Soldiers With Swords bobbin timer or like a porcupine protecting

or like a porcupine protecting the stash hidden inside the slide top box

is written on the pocket of his rucksack

and then a bit more carving to give detail to an angel with halo

but thanks to a handy attribution written by his maker on the back of the base

but still holding together great

Naive 19th C Pennsylvania Watercolor Drawing of Civil War Soldiers With Swords bobbin timer or like a porcupine protectingI never hesitate when I find 19th c watercolor drawings like this, likely done by a school child the combination of grace and awkwardness and immediacy, together with the use of color, just makes my heart ache. I found this, and another I am listing by the same person I believe, in Lancaster County, PA, and am pretty certain that is around where they originated. Most typically one finds these cut into smaller bits; rarer to find the complete original