Two Portraits of Mary -- Pair of 1910 Hand-drawn Pen and Ink Postcards hand-formed and Tales of Sorrow and

and Tales of Sorrow and Revenge

late 19th century I believe

I have a hard time passing by a pretty lacquer box

Watercolor

:) Every detail of this wonderful drawing enhances its almost over the top romanticism: the tiny crosses atop the tombstone against which he leans

Two Portraits of Mary -- Pair of 1910 Hand-drawn Pen and Ink Postcards hand-formed and Tales of Sorrow andI definitely think these two need to stay together! My favorite thing is the caption on the left one, where the BW who signed it first wrote Little Nelly, then realized they'd made a mistake and wrote in Mary, adding the note below: "excuse error entirely due to direction of thoughts." Well, I wonder who the Nelly was who he or she was thinking about! I think perhaps they felt a little badly about it, prompting a second card dedicated to Mary,