Ships at Shore, Allegorical Feeling Late 19th C. Ink / Ink Wash Drawing on Brown Paper in Old Frame brass pique nails just these stubs at the

just these stubs at the ends of the arms

I found these together (along with a lemon) and think they complement one another nicely

but even better

with the corners of jacks of each suit cut and inlaid into to corners of the board

but the more closely I study it

Ships at Shore, Allegorical Feeling Late 19th C. Ink / Ink Wash Drawing on Brown Paper in Old Frame brass pique nails just these stubs at theMy photos do no justice to this drawing, as I was fighting glare to take them, and the character of the brown paper, which has the quality of a lightweight brown paper bag paper, doesn't come across but it makes the drawing richer (and the blacks are richer than one has a sense of here, too.) Anyway, I think it is quite a nice drawing, late 19th c. or so, which has an allegorical feeling about it with the shored boat looking abandoned, and it and its