Flag, Cross, Ships and Spectators, 19th C. Ink Drawing on Paper sailors whimsy bottle and the language itself: Stop

and the language itself: Stop

with wear to the cover and spine and a lot of smudging to the first inside drawing

but as this one shows some loss to the enamel (looking a bit like a snaking trail of glitter)

and then a few first branches of forsythia or redbud in early spring

but also to note the site of its making

Flag, Cross, Ships and Spectators, 19th C. Ink Drawing on Paper sailors whimsy bottle and the language itself: StopA super moody and rather gothic feeling 19th c. ink drawing on paper, with tilted cross atop this lookout platform seeming to me either to forbode a coming disaster or to mourn one having recently occurred. I love the row of tiny figures in their various hats arranged under the waving flag, and how the lighthouse on peninsula in the distance partially blocks a view of a tall ship behind. Picturesque seascapes are lovely, but this drawing, to me at