F. Barber 19th Century British Pencil Drawing "Deer in the Underbrush" striped linen pin cushion Its mane is chipped along

Its mane is chipped along the edge (visible from certain angles) as well

This old handmade birthday card makes me so happy

or a small measure of anything

The ground is sort of a taupe—a mottled purple-gray

which I assumes stands for 1974

F. Barber 19th Century British Pencil Drawing "Deer in the Underbrush" striped linen pin cushion Its mane is chipped alongHow I love this deer, casting one eye at us while the other is already on the other side of this broken fence, with the rest of his body soon to follow. Is it us that he is escaping, or another creature following close on his heels, about to enter the picture frame? From the charm of that fence, to the thick growth around it, to those antlers just clearing the opening I find this drawing really wonderful, and one I think I would never tire of looking