Marvelous Naive Graphite Horse Drawing, 1887, Framed empire brush works horsehair brush they have a darker stain

they have a darker stain starting about a third of the way down the handles

Hand-formed

but they didn't say whose

the hand-written message at top translates to "a big kiss to my dear Colette

(upon a plan agreeable to Noah Webster's "Easy Standard") and printed in Windsor Vermont in 1804 by Nahum Mower

Marvelous Naive Graphite Horse Drawing, 1887, Framed empire brush works horsehair brush they have a darker stainPure joy. What a wonderful horse. And clearly a hard working one, forever climbing uphill. Graphite on paper, with some writing on the back, dated Year 1887. I had this old black and gold painted wooden frame sitting around waiting for just the right thing, so popped this into it and think they are a very good match. Drawing, graphite on cream paper: 6 1 8" x 3 3 4". Old painted wooden frame (old glass, mounted to new matching cream mat with archival