Wonderful Early 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Peacock Drawing in Original Frame model railroad tower its face looks to me

its face looks to me just like that of a big kitten

It seems that it is a heavy cardboard roll to which the fabric is tacked

The bright white glazing

the painting is framed in a deep black painted wood frame

these were sculpted around wooden head-shaped molds made for the purpose

Wonderful Early 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Peacock Drawing in Original Frame model railroad tower its face looks to meMy photos do not justice to this marvelous drawing, the presence and charm and richness of which I'm not able to capture fully (while also trying to avoid glare) but if no one falls in love with it, this is one I'll be more than glad to keep for myself. To my eye it's just a wonderful thing, just the sort of early naive drawing I'm perpetually in search of, with this lovingly, delicately rendered peacock at the center, proud and humble at once,