Naive 19th Century Graphite Drawing, Horse and Bird Symbiosis sewing caddy To make some mirth it

To make some mirth it seems is meant

and smaller brass pins on either side

though I'd probably set it in an arrangement of objects or hang it somewhere--and am rather fantasizing about a whole wall of these

I just love this pair of birds gracefully perched on a  branch

both in and around this moody

Naive 19th Century Graphite Drawing, Horse and Bird Symbiosis sewing caddy To make some mirth itJust the sort of drawing that makes me love drawings so muchnot much fuss here, but such a perfectly true portrayal of symbiosis, with this duck or dove resting just perfectly in the cradle of the horses saddleand in return perhaps saving this horse from a heavier rider! To my eye, not one line more or less than there needs to be, just exactly right. C. 1880s; Ive found a birth record for Franklin David Rohr, to who it is attributed on the back of the