Tiny Acrobats, Very Wonderful Earlyish 19th Century Ink Drawing in Tramp Frame old celluloid dice The stem holding the top

The stem holding the top basket tilts just a bit

standing for its maker

nothing fussy or perfect about it

It is made of wood and the bark appears to be real

I believe these date to the first quarter of the 20th century

Tiny Acrobats, Very Wonderful Earlyish 19th Century Ink Drawing in Tramp Frame old celluloid dice The stem holding the topLove at first sight with this little drawing I swear I'll never get over the marvelous whimsy and immediacy of naive drawings made some 150 years ago, and to my sensibilities they feel all the more so when tiny, like secret windows into interior worlds long ago, whose survival defied all the odds. Two little girls here being held aloft by what looks to me like two women wearing pants, each little girl holding flowers, and with a bird in cage between