J.E. Jeffreys Late 1800s British Graphite Drawing of Children and Sheep urban grid The paint shows some wear

The paint shows some wear

2 3/4" wide and 2" tall and is nice and substantial

It is two sided

and especially the way the handle comes through the end

Hard to tell then if the great looking leopard is coming down to share in the bounty or scaling up the tree to get safely away from this all powerful lion

J.E. Jeffreys Late 1800s British Graphite Drawing of Children and Sheep urban grid The paint shows some wearI'll just never tire of looking at baby animals, whether in drawings or real life, and it has always seemed to me that if one were to be a farm animal, having a ewe for a mother would be the best, with all that wool to snuggle into! I like the parallel between two lamb and two onlooking kids here, and the various directions of their gazes, with the kids looking at the sheep, the lambs looking forward left and right, and the mother straight ahead in