Two Late 19th C. Boston Pen and Ink Clipper Ship Drawings on Ledger Paper Terrain red bowls with these dense patches of

with these dense patches of fine hair-like lines along the borders between bodies

with subjects including landscapes

walls perhaps painted a deep burgundy and hung with dozens of antique dog portraits in gilded frames

"Spencerian" steel pen drawings provided an diversion from the more repetitive practice of writing alphabets

but the long

Two Late 19th C. Boston Pen and Ink Clipper Ship Drawings on Ledger Paper Terrain red bowls with these dense patches ofI have a hard time resisting old ship drawings, but what especially sold me on these is that they were done on old used ledger paper, with the header on one of them being Boston, Sept. 1895 (and including what appear to be fairly substantial assets.) As Boston had been quite a hub of clipper ship design and building, I'd like to think whoever drew these had a personal connection, or at least observed these beauties on the sea, first hand. I don't