In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Antique RPPC vessels Too pretty to resist

Too pretty to resist

with a skeletal shaped head with outlined eyes inverse to a smiling

but no warping to the board or other issues

is a note that George Washington commissioned Capt

which reads as follows: "Edwin Clark drew these to amuse Ella when a little girl and she finds them when she is 64 years old where she has carefully preserved them in hers and Sophy's desk and looked them over when resting and enjoying her garden

In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Antique RPPC vessels Too pretty to resistIts the poetics of the text on this one that does it for me, and cropping of the photo, leaving lots of white space for imaging what all happened under the shade of the apple tree! To me, evoking and implying a whole lot through a small gesture. Matte paper. 5 1 2 x 3 1 2. Unused back. Very good condition.