C. 1900 Ink, Inkwash, Pencil Drawing of Two Hunted Deer Ballantine beer cans I'd think mid 20th century

I'd think mid 20th century or so though am not entirely certain

French scratched into the paint on the underside) is what sold me on this caddy

amplified by the color and attention paid to their gloves

This hatted and bespectacled man reminds me rather of James Joyce--a smart

I purchased this great old double-sided FOR SALE sign from the estate of a doctor and avid sign collector in Rochester

C. 1900 Ink, Inkwash, Pencil Drawing of Two Hunted Deer Ballantine beer cans I'd think mid 20th centuryThis 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