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

B (18)77 I believe--I like it even better for the aging of the paint

and sound condition

mounted to pale pink paper

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

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