More Excellent Very Naive Kid's Drawings: Elephant, Rider, Explosion; Guns on Reverse antique sewint pouch Done in graphite + charcoal/pastel

Done in graphite + charcoal/pastel on natural/tan paper

I found these both digging through one old box

and product of much more effort on the part of their maker

1898--I believe noted by a family member at a later date

I think the trunk itself—made of poplar I believe—dates to the early 1800s

More Excellent Very Naive Kid's Drawings: Elephant, Rider, Explosion; Guns on Reverse antique sewint pouch Done in graphite + charcoal/pastelI have a very deep and special love for the drawings of boys aged about 7 or 8, and specifically action scenes playing out directly on the page just about as direct a line into the imagination as exists, completely immediate. This is one of several I am listing, all by the same kid, after selling a handful I listed earlier this summer. Here I take it for a (very wonderful and empathetic) elephant being ridden, providing a very high perch for our