Horse and Jockey, 19th C. Ink Drawing on Watermarked Lined Paper, Fred Scruton, Beverly MA beautiful antique copper vesta as do significant amounts of

as do significant amounts of the red paint on the sides

with pretty amazing attention detail throughout - listed individually

I think it is likely a sign of these times

)  Beautifully crafted and super sculptural

It is a curious one though

Horse and Jockey, 19th C. Ink Drawing on Watermarked Lined Paper, Fred Scruton, Beverly MA beautiful antique copper vesta as do significant amounts ofI went to Cohoes, NY to find this one, but it originated in my neck of the woods, on the North Shore of Boston, in Beverly NY. Reminds me in many ways of Spencerian calligraphic drawings, but folkier, and I especially love the handling of the jockey's face, with all those tiny ink dots making it look almost as if he were wearing a mask or that much of his face were covered in stubble, which lends a bit of eeriness to the drawing in an interesting sort