Wonderful Circa 1860s Ink Drawing of Towering Eagle in Period Frame bowls and plates an Oblate missionary

an Oblate missionary

it measure 27x27” and is in excellent condition

While that set is long gone

Very good condition overall - the backing papers show stains here and there but really not detracting at all

and who I assume was a student when he did them

Wonderful Circa 1860s Ink Drawing of Towering Eagle in Period Frame bowls and plates an Oblate missionaryI am completely taken with drawing, which is just the right amount of strange! First this truly fabulous eagle, with fantastically detailed feathers (whoever draw this clearly got lost in the pleasures of mark making) and wonderfully striped talons, made all the greater by its relation to this little landscape and tiny house, such that it reads Godzilla like in scale. And then how this fence (perhaps) and bush (perhaps) morph into the realm of pure