The Inundation: Or Mother and Offspring, Victorian Era Pencil Drawing, Framed vintage tiffany's making them quite nice to

making them quite nice to play with

loss of gold leaf/paint as noted

where clearly it hung for many many years

And then also a terrific tension between the intense smoke and the two bushes or trees on the horizon to its left

The Inundation: Or Mother and Offspring, Victorian Era Pencil Drawing, Framed vintage tiffany's making them quite nice toIt seems to me that there are many ways to read this wonderfully executed antique graphite drawing of mother and pups trying to survive a horrible flood (including perhaps as a commentary on the endless demands of motherhood) and it feels super resonant at the (rather apocalyptic feeling) present moment as we confront one "inundation" after another. The cuteness of the puppies gathering with mom on her doghouse raft mitigates things a bit, but I find