Annie Darragh, The Elder Sister, 19th C. Ink Drawing with SeeSawing Children on Reverse score keeper and wonderfully strange either way

and wonderfully strange either way

probably late-ish 19th century

Thickly painted oil on board

I purchased this from a seller in England and have found other drawings similar in style signed simply Esme Church

How much I love this seal

Annie Darragh, The Elder Sister, 19th C. Ink Drawing with SeeSawing Children on Reverse score keeper and wonderfully strange either wayThe drawing of the "elder sister" book open, cross around her neck, and younger brother to either side is what first sold me on this 19th c. ink drawing, but there are more delights to be found everywhere, including those great baskets filled high with fruit, that energetically rendered tree (the source of the bounty I presume) with a little bird on a branch to the right side, and a series of scrolls announcing the drawing as the work of a young Annie