Willis Hutchinson 1883 Double-Sided Sketchbook Drawing: Barnyard, Man Smoking Cigar, Beard, figurative painting Deep love at first sight

Deep love at first sight with this one--for me this resting but watchful cat has the presence of a lion in wait

7" long x 2

and would guess the color comes from the same dyes used to color the wool

Super painterly and really evocative

called “Thitsi” for the sap of the Thitsi Tree used for the lacquer

Willis Hutchinson 1883 Double-Sided Sketchbook Drawing: Barnyard, Man Smoking Cigar, Beard, figurative painting Deep love at first sightThis double sided drawing came from the small sketchbook of a Willis Hutchinson, dated 1883 84 almost all the pages were already loose, so Im listing the drawings individually. These drawings are just my sort of thing, filled with people and houses and animals and ships and all sorts of other little things, from a croquet game to a pocket watch to a slingshot, plus many sorts of chairs and kites and a unicycle too! With pretty amazing attention detail