Woman in Top Hat "The Would Be Poet" 1913 Pen and Ink Signed Drawing antique hydrometer the wood is unfinished and

the wood is unfinished and shows some darkening in spots

but indeed

red is most common

a large bird

I think it wonderfully caries the hand and sensibility of its maker

Woman in Top Hat "The Would Be Poet" 1913 Pen and Ink Signed Drawing antique hydrometer the wood is unfinished andSome things I take a while to deliberate over before purchasing, but not this drawing it sold me immediately! I have no idea the story behind it; whether it was drawn as a self effacing self portrait of sorts, or as a caricature satirizing the rise of aspiring women authors I like to think the former, but in any event I think she's terrific, and seems quite poised to accomplish whatever she sets her mind to! At the moment this is penning an Ode to