Empire State Grapes, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog Mexican candleholder One loss to the Schimmel

One loss to the Schimmel (White Horse) card and some graphite writing at top left of the Hammer card

Finding drawings like this gives me infinite joy

which placing in a frame would conceal

I've been thinking even more than usual of the vast gulf between Christian faith as guide for goodness and kindness and just behavior vs

(And I know I'm not alone

Empire State Grapes, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog Mexican candleholder One loss to the SchimmelSuch luminous and voluptuous grapes, I do want to eat or drink! them right up. I've handled a few examples (of apples and peaches and pears) of this type before this would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a large folio case). This is not a lithograph rather, the grapes here were rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut stencils and