Trees Framing Gate 1880s British Pen and Ink Drawing hand-painted wooden plate This fabulous pair of male

This fabulous pair of male and female nudes may be just about my favorites ever

especially unfussy old wooden ones

B for Great Britain (

without a single broken stitch

With handles on either side

Trees Framing Gate 1880s British Pen and Ink Drawing hand-painted wooden plate This fabulous pair of maleThis drawing came from a portfolio of c. 1880s sketches by a British artist of whom only the initials E. G. H are known; the "Broomfield" scrawled at the bottom I believe refers to the location of the drawing a hamlet in Wiltshire, England. I'm just completely taken with the intensity of the leaves on these trees, forming a dense, sheltering awning I can just feel the relief from a summer sun that standing under them must have brought! I also really