Flag, Cross, Ships and Spectators, 19th C. Ink Drawing on Paper sailors whimsy bottle and immediately the space around

and immediately the space around it feels like a sort of stage set

and could also easily be hung or mounted

but just enhancing its sense of objecthood a bit

when they were produced

really terrific

Flag, Cross, Ships and Spectators, 19th C. Ink Drawing on Paper sailors whimsy bottle and immediately the space aroundA super moody and rather gothic feeling 19th c. ink drawing on paper, with tilted cross atop this lookout platform seeming to me either to forbode a coming disaster or to mourn one having recently occurred. I love the row of tiny figures in their various hats arranged under the waving flag, and how the lighthouse on peninsula in the distance partially blocks a view of a tall ship behind. Picturesque seascapes are lovely, but this drawing, to me at