Patriotic Antique Crayon Drawing with American Flag, Shield and Potted Plants stamp collage postcard kept meeting notes and contact

kept meeting notes and contact information for members while also occasionally slipping in one of these

which give it such a marvelous intimacy and specificity that its nature as a drawing is most certainly the dominant one

earlyish 20th century I believe

and definitely makes me want to be wandering around the Uffizi when I look at it

Patriotic Antique Crayon Drawing with American Flag, Shield and Potted Plants stamp collage postcard kept meeting notes and contactReally a sweet one, which I purchased from a seller in New Hampshire, who I believe acquired it from a notable Pennsylvania collection of naive drawings sold off some years ago. I just love the way its presumably young maker carried the patriotic theme through right down to mixing red and blue petals on the flowers. And then an all green tree at upper left, as one thinks they just really liked to draw branches as well as stars, for sure! 7 1 8" t x 4