His Sign is the Lion, Pennsylvania German 1803 Fraktur Watercolor Birth Announcement in Brilliant Color cocktail game The little branch on which

The little branch on which it stands is hollow inside

there feels a powerfully true and tender convergence of naivete and brutality in drawings like this

but I don't think ever one as large as this

and the playfulness it lends to this rather formidable looking chair--and also how it connects this piece of tabletop furniture with handheld puzzle rattles

Very cinematic

His Sign is the Lion, Pennsylvania German 1803 Fraktur Watercolor Birth Announcement in Brilliant Color cocktail game The little branch on whichI just cannot walk away from color like this. And I find it a very wonderful thing that the birth of a child should be recorded and celebrated in such a glorious way. Here: Johannes Esjchleman born on March 31, 1803. (I believe I've got it right often names were spelled phonetically; I've found a record for a "John" Eshleman born on the same day in Lancaster, PA to father Johannes, certainly this is he.) Best here is the following inclusion: "und sein