J.E. Jeffreys Late 1800s British Graphite Drawing of Children and Sheep cyanotype wonderfully worn and smoothed with

wonderfully worn and smoothed with what surely has been a lot of handling

I've learned that an exact match was made as an umpire's ball and strike keeper--which has become quite the collectible because it allowed for a count of five balls and four strikes

Elegant and dynamic

With a little feeling around

There is one ding to the handle where bare wood is visible

J.E. Jeffreys Late 1800s British Graphite Drawing of Children and Sheep cyanotype wonderfully worn and smoothed withI'll just never tire of looking at baby animals, whether in drawings or real life, and it has always seemed to me that if one were to be a farm animal, having a ewe for a mother would be the best, with all that wool to snuggle into! I like the parallel between two lamb and two onlooking kids here, and the various directions of their gazes, with the kids looking at the sheep, the lambs looking forward left and right, and the mother straight ahead in