The Inundation: Or Mother and Offspring, Victorian Era Pencil Drawing, Framed chain links A handful of diagrams assist

A handful of diagrams assist with readings

all signed and dated on the backs

Boman in Stockholm I believe (which also made a great deck of cards for a game called “Kille”)

11 1/8 across if hung staight and 10" tall if measured straight down from top of D to bottom of A

with minor smudges/light stains around the edges and a bit of very light creasing or just light mark to the paper along the left edge

The Inundation: Or Mother and Offspring, Victorian Era Pencil Drawing, Framed chain links A handful of diagrams assistIt seems to me that there are many ways to read this wonderfully executed antique graphite drawing of mother and pups trying to survive a horrible flood (including perhaps as a commentary on the endless demands of motherhood) and it feels super resonant at the (rather apocalyptic feeling) present moment as we confront one "inundation" after another. The cuteness of the puppies gathering with mom on her doghouse raft mitigates things a bit, but I find