Early 19th Century Ink and Graphite Drawing of Hotel with Church on Horizon in Lemon Gold Frame mr. puffles with a few light stains

with a few light stains and mild edge toning

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

but the engravings in this rare volume are abundant and quite marvelous

I believe this one was made by the Weston Toy Company in Weston

and a partial cover on one of them as shown

Early 19th Century Ink and Graphite Drawing of Hotel with Church on Horizon in Lemon Gold Frame mr. puffles with a few light stainsI 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