Burning Building, Super Atmospheric Old Snapshot Photo vintage Odd Fellows mask which the young owner seems

which the young owner seems to have enhanced with red and green crayon

I believe this is a slightly later lithograph of an 1837 wood engraving by British engraver John Thompson (1785–1866)

with its grid of red triangles

Watercolor on what I believe is laid paper

watercolor and gouache on cardboard

Burning Building, Super Atmospheric Old Snapshot Photo vintage Odd Fellows mask which the young owner seemsHow stunningly beautiful a burning building can be, and also very apocalyptic feeling. This photo is more beautiful and nuanced in hand, with a glossy surface and some silveriness to the blacks that makes it seem all the moodier and the structure all the more skeletal against the aura of white light. And very gothic feeling, I keep thinking of Poe and The Fall of the House of Usher. 4 1 2" x 3 1 2" Glossy photo, earlyish 20th century. Clipped bottom