Antique Ink and Watercolor Rebus Riddle Drawing with Poem on Reverse tin cat toy This hide used for this

This hide used for this one has been stained black

like a watercolor painting rendered in inky shades of mossy green and brown and cream

MA (the parents of well-known fiction writer Elizabeth McCracken

No tears or folds

reminding me at once of a horse (and the sculptures of Marino Marini

Antique Ink and Watercolor Rebus Riddle Drawing with Poem on Reverse tin cat toy This hide used for thisThis is areally wonderful, I think19th century British ink and watercolor rebus drawing that I am still trying to fully puzzle out! I love envisioning its maker sitting down with ink pen, conceiving these riddles, and then beautifully unfurling (literally) them across the page, plus adding a poem to the backside of the page to boot! (re produced below.) Ive figured out a few things, starting with 0 cence = nonsense at the top of the page, and a few of