In Memory of My 19th Birthday, 1864, Ink Drawing in Period Frame forest green with sharp points to spear

with sharp points to spear and hold the meat on one side

with a nice patina to the dark wood

And perhaps it is Amelia herself at the center of the painting in her red dress and apron

super sharp

and numbered 36 from an edition of 95

In Memory of My 19th Birthday, 1864, Ink Drawing in Period Frame forest green with sharp points to spearA perfect 19th birthday present if I ever saw one though also for anyone who can remember being nineteen, in my case very distantly! One certainly wonders what all happened that year in the life of the Frank Ellis who drew this in 1864 during the Civil War, with the arching stalks and capillary like branches of what I take for boughs of a fruit tree having a bit of the mournful quality of a weeping willow. But, yet, a pot of blooming flowers right at