Early 19th Century Ink and Graphite Drawing of Hotel with Church on Horizon in Lemon Gold Frame mr. puffles mounted to pale pink paper

mounted to pale pink paper

with a few light stains and mild edge toning

Later 19th century I believe

and a partial cover on one of them as shown

A bit of loss to the wood along the front bottom edge of this miniature dome lid painted chest

Early 19th Century Ink and Graphite Drawing of Hotel with Church on Horizon in Lemon Gold Frame mr. puffles mounted to pale pink paperI found this drawing digging through an old pile of papers at Brimfield, and you can bet I dug through that and every box near it hoping to discover others similar (sadly not.) Nothing I love more that an early naive American drawing of a architectural structure like this, surely done on the page of an antique school ledger, early 19th c. I believe. The best rich black on those windows, soft around the edges, with "hotel" written twice above it, to