Burst of Pansies, 1905 Ink and Crayon Drawing by J.H. Adair, Spring Grove, PA Russian man hand puppet for shaving or otherwise

for shaving or otherwise

More from a bunch of old drawings of planes

possibly Inuit but unsigned and I'm not entirely sure

Detail photos give the best sense of the layering and embossing here

ink strong throughout

Burst of Pansies, 1905 Ink and Crayon Drawing by J.H. Adair, Spring Grove, PA Russian man hand puppet for shaving or otherwiseI purchased this and several more drawings by the same maker from a seller in Pennsylvania, where they originated, the work of a J. H Adair of Spring Grove, PA, who signed a few of them and dated a couple 1905. These are the sorts of drawings that get me excited; I couldn't snatch them up fast enough pure joy. Several more by Adair listed today, sharing a certain kinship to a batch of drawings by young PA artist Wayne Blouch from the same period,