C. 1900 Ink, Inkwash, Pencil Drawing of Two Hunted Deer antique wooden train removable lid and is clean

removable lid and is clean inside so would be perfect for holding crayons or paint brushes or whatever

I am pretty certain the silk itself measures 5"x7"

and though there are others fancier

a small tear along the bottom edge

The pages themselves are packed with drawings and notes relating to rendering the specific natures of a wide variety trees

C. 1900 Ink, Inkwash, Pencil Drawing of Two Hunted Deer antique wooden train removable lid and is cleanThis delicate ink and ink wash drawing of two hanging deer was done on the back of the title page of a 1898 copy of the The Strand Magazine, a British periodical featuring short fiction and general interest articles. One wonders the drawing was inspired by a story inside, or whether the magazine was taken on a hunting trip for evening reading and the deer drawn from life. I find it quite elegiac, with fallen log on the ground amplifying a sense of