Wonderfully Graphic Ink Drawing of Waddell Co Booth 1091 drawing on copper this one is finer

this one is finer

really wonderfully illustrated

And the variety of browns (seems to me a combination of leathers and oil cloth)  on this makes it seem as if in conversation with everything from old leather medicine balls to geometrical solids--a perfect tactile (and toss-able) addition to a shelf of wooden forms

The seller I purchased this from speculated this house collapse might be product of an earthquake

Wonderfully Graphic Ink Drawing of Waddell Co Booth 1091 drawing on copper this one is finerI found this one digging through a bin at the Boston Antiquarian book fair and just lit on it immediately so boldly graphic, and also feeling somewhat anthropomorphic, with the windows (I am thinking perhaps this is a booth in a private dining car?) at center reading like eyes and making the whole thing seem like a hulking creature, which makes me think a bit of Philip Guston, too. The Waddell Co. of Greenfield Ohio (founded in 1887) first produced