Mid 19th C. Folk Art Graphite and Watercolor Drawing: Horse Race with Chasing Dog mallets and still threaded with some

and still threaded with some old twine

as it is so similar in form and manner to antique Erzgebirge examples

Over these years and distances he has seen some things

with a relatively new black papered back

which from what I understand was created to mimic the gold-embossed calf-skin wall coverings from Europe

Mid 19th C. Folk Art Graphite and Watercolor Drawing: Horse Race with Chasing Dog mallets and still threaded with someA wonderfully done graphite and watercolor drawing c, 1850s New England I believe, and I am guessing specifically somewhere not far from me in Ipswich, MA. Wonderfully done horses, and farm houses too, and then three little men with arms raised in various positions engaged in the race, plus little dog chasing after and cow watching too! Notably, three telegraph poles punctuate the landscape pretty early examples I think, and making this seem all the