Cyanotype mounted to card
and I love how much seeing so many different shades of gray together
and that little handful of flowers that surely he picked himself
but I've never seen one (beautifully) signed on a circle of laid paper
sound and not particularly fragile
Exuberant Stalk of Flowers in Dated, Flower Decorated Vase, 1905 Ink and Crayon Drawing, JH Adair, PA victorian stove door Cyanotype mounted to cardOne of a couple more today by a young J. H Adair of Spring Grove, PA, c. 1905, which I purchased together; just my sort of drawings. I'll always say yes to an exuberant drawing of a bunch of flowers, especially ones with red stems and purples leaves and green petals! And I particularly love that the vase here was used to draw yet more flowers! A good spot for marking the year, too. Feels heartening to encounter them still blooming 120 years later. 8 3