SOLD House with Delicately Detailed Porch, Barn, and Smoky Clouds, Ultra Atmospheric Mid 19th Century Sandpaper Drawing photo of horse published in Vienna

published in Vienna

with lettering that looks to be embroidered

and inside still is the cork they were pinned to

paper is not fragile

plus round columns and half spheres and very pointy cones

SOLD House with Delicately Detailed Porch, Barn, and Smoky Clouds, Ultra Atmospheric Mid 19th Century Sandpaper Drawing photo of horse published in ViennaThe condition here is not perfect there is a tear to the paper coming down from the top edge mid right, and it shows a fair bit of overall toning but I really love it, very moody and appearing very much a portrait of a specific place. And it almost seems as if the paper were velvet, there is such a softness about it all. Such drama to those smoky clouds, framing the scene like parting curtains, and then what appears to be another trail of smoke rising