J.E. Jeffreys Late 1800s British Graphite Drawing of Children and Sheep rubber snake Hans Gehrig and Rafael Alfandary

Hans Gehrig and Rafael Alfandary

as if ready to hop away

The proportions of the box are terrific too

I know for sure that it was very skillfully made

and quintessentially Arts & Crafts triangle-shaped cutouts with slightly rounded corners along the front

J.E. Jeffreys Late 1800s British Graphite Drawing of Children and Sheep rubber snake Hans Gehrig and Rafael AlfandaryI'll just never tire of looking at baby animals, whether in drawings or real life, and it has always seemed to me that if one were to be a farm animal, having a ewe for a mother would be the best, with all that wool to snuggle into! I like the parallel between two lamb and two onlooking kids here, and the various directions of their gazes, with the kids looking at the sheep, the lambs looking forward left and right, and the mother straight ahead in