Wonderful 1858 Naive House Drawing, Signed naughty figure This sweet carved soapstone turtle

This sweet carved soapstone turtle seems to me a wonderful little thing to keep on one's desk or shelf as a reminder to take your time--I really can't imagine a truer embodiment of slowness

while I've been making do of late with buying things on line

If no longer for handkerchiefs

I just loved this young cast of characters

struck me as especially beautiful

Wonderful 1858 Naive House Drawing, Signed naughty figure This sweet carved soapstone turtleSo good. Amazing color, and just perfectly what it is. With what looks to be one glimpse inside at bottom right a table and chair, and Mayne a figure a standing at the edge? Plus a little pencil drawn smoke coming out of those yellow chimneys. On the back: drawn by William R. Mahony (?), in the year of our lord 1858. 7 1 4" t x 6 3 4" w. Some old stains as evident in photos, which don't bother me, and which I think appear a bit darker in photos than