1873 Ink Drawing of Bridge Over River in Tree Dotted Landscape letter opener with carved head very delicate piece of seaweed

very delicate piece of seaweed

and which is signed by an Anne Gregory

who launched their production in 1972 in Montevideo

While I'm not especially into military history

making them look rather like painters palettes

1873 Ink Drawing of Bridge Over River in Tree Dotted Landscape letter opener with carved head very delicate piece of seaweedQuite a charming naive pen and ink drawing I think, with wonderful attention and a certain committed precision given to each tree, and brick on the bridge viaduct, and to the patterns of grass, etc what a lot of energetic mark making! I really love the awkward placement of the one tree just to center left of the bridge, as if just floating, and the silhouette of the hills in the distance dotted with trees here and there. But really, I love everything