Antique American Geometric Ink and Crayon Drawing Signed W.H. Voorhees carved stone boot I love that the color

I love that the color and style of the text is completely different on opposite sides of this one

and numbered 4 of 4

Or maybe it is just an anthroporphism of the proverbial primal scream

with a nice patina on both and the wood of the handles super smooth

they are just beautiful

Antique American Geometric Ink and Crayon Drawing Signed W.H. Voorhees carved stone boot I love that the colorTo my eye this drawing is just about a perfect thing, and feels like a happy surprise every time I look at it. I have found mention of a few different W. H. Voorhees', most notably a Mrs. W. H. Voorhees of San Francisco who was active in the temperance movement (mentioned in the local paper on a visit to see her sister in Ohio in 1886), and who donated a campaign ribbon for the first Republican Party presidential campaign (1856) to the San Francisco