My photos do no justice to this drawing, as I was fighting glare to take them, and the character of the brown paper, which has the quality of a lightweight brown paper bag paper, doesn't come across--but it makes the drawing richer (and the blacks are richer than one has a sense of here, too.) Anyway, I think it is quite a nice drawing, late 19th c. or so, which has an allegorical feeling about it--with the shored boat looking abandoned, and it and its surroundings rather forlorn, while another ship appears to be rolling in, headed straight for it. Meanwhile, a smaller outbound sailboat in the distance points toward the sea. Life goes on, and on and on.
11 1/4" x 7 3/4" framed as found, under glass in a simple black stained period frame. Backed with very old board that I have not touched--stable and sturdy but changing it out with an acid free backing might be a good long term plan:)
