Fierce Looking Lion! Large Late 19th Century Ink Drawing in Period Frame straw stuffed animal but I'm kind of partial

but I'm kind of partial to the more worn one

Just about as satisfying an antique clock face as I can envision

I love the form of a bulb bowl

and not a fussy thing about it

but still holding on to much of its original paint

Fierce Looking Lion! Large Late 19th Century Ink Drawing in Period Frame straw stuffed animal but I'm kind of partialAs with so many Victorian era drawings, this large pen and ink drawing of a lion was based on a published one with a little searching I identified the source, which appeared in "Real Pen Work: Self instruction in Penmanship, published in 1882. (Included as last photo.) The published one made use of Spencerian calligraphic flourishes for the fur of the lion but whoever created this drawing did their own thing, discarding the curlicues in favor of more