Naive 19th Century Graphite Drawing, Horse and Bird Symbiosis sewing caddy our empathy landing most with

our empathy landing most with the youngest I think

There is one tiny brown spot on the paper near the body of the mouse and a visible "frame" on the paper where it lightened with age except where it was previously covered by a mat around the edges

I just love this pair of birds gracefully perched on a  branch

though I'd probably set it in an arrangement of objects or hang it somewhere--and am rather fantasizing about a whole wall of these

and also because who doesn't want to hold the proverbial keys to the castle

Naive 19th Century Graphite Drawing, Horse and Bird Symbiosis sewing caddy our empathy landing most withJust the sort of drawing that makes me love drawings so muchnot much fuss here, but such a perfectly true portrayal of symbiosis, with this duck or dove resting just perfectly in the cradle of the horses saddleand in return perhaps saving this horse from a heavier rider! To my eye, not one line more or less than there needs to be, just exactly right. C. 1880s; Ive found a birth record for Franklin David Rohr, to who it is attributed on the back of the