Woman in Top Hat "The Would Be Poet" 1913 Pen and Ink Signed Drawing antique hydrometer red is most common

red is most common

The interior and bottom are glazed a smooth

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

a large bird

and beautiful

Woman in Top Hat "The Would Be Poet" 1913 Pen and Ink Signed Drawing antique hydrometer red is most commonSome 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