Blue and Black Ink Drawing of Two Ships with Math Problem on Reverse silverplate and the lack of contextualizing

and the lack of contextualizing details

but is also lovely just for display

and the patterns they form (outlined in dark blue and with yellow details) are just perfectly satisfying

is the recipient of two NEA fellowships

and there is one crack in the exterior red cap of one of the thermoses

Blue and Black Ink Drawing of Two Ships with Math Problem on Reverse silverplate and the lack of contextualizingThere seems no end to the genres of things I've developed fondness for, antique drawings of ships being high among them! This one I especially love for its combination of three things in one. The larger ship on the front I believe is a Blackwall Frigate, developed in the 1830s for the India and China trade and popular for the Opium trade, and known for its black hull with a white stripe. It seems conceivable that the second, inset ship, with Portland