Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village with Church vintage whist marker 10" tall x 4 1/2"

10" tall x 4 1/2" x 3"

a souvenir from Coney Island circa 1950s

Garuda is a legendary bird or bird-like creature in Hindu

stamped on the back as having been made by Ebenezer Averill Boxworks

All of these signs of age in this case I think only contribute to the wonderful aura of this lovely little painting

Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village with Church vintage whist marker 10" tall x 4 1/2"I'm really smitten with this sweet little "naive" pencil drawing of a hillside village, one of two in the shop that came from a larger collection of drawings executed by the unknown artist on a Grand Tour encompassing Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Norway. I love everything about it, perhaps the way the row of trees march neatly up the hill behind the village most of all, punctuated by a cross at the very top, but also those tiny benches, all those