Wonderfully Graphic Ink Drawing of Waddell Co Booth 1091 drawing on copper with tears and rough edges

with tears and rough edges here and there

Overall though it shows very well and has a very warm presence

Set it on a shelf or attach a hook to the back and hang it on the wall

And the variety of browns (seems to me a combination of leathers and oil cloth)  on this makes it seem as if in conversation with everything from old leather medicine balls to geometrical solids--a perfect tactile (and toss-able) addition to a shelf of wooden forms

really wonderfully illustrated

Wonderfully Graphic Ink Drawing of Waddell Co Booth 1091 drawing on copper with tears and rough edgesI found this one digging through a bin at the Boston Antiquarian book fair and just lit on it immediately so boldly graphic, and also feeling somewhat anthropomorphic, with the windows (I am thinking perhaps this is a booth in a private dining car?) at center reading like eyes and making the whole thing seem like a hulking creature, which makes me think a bit of Philip Guston, too. The Waddell Co. of Greenfield Ohio (founded in 1887) first produced