Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 steel calipers Each drawing/painting is of a

Each drawing/painting is of a  landscape view framed by an oval border

A charmer of a cat and little painting whatever the case

and the samples on the pages of this one are especially well arranged and perfectly held

with just a little surface cracking to the paint

Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 steel calipers Each drawing/painting is of aI've been thinking a lot about American history especially of late. I am currently in the middle of Ken Burns' series The American Revolution, which has had me better understanding how much the revolutionary period was as much a series of civil wars in this country as it was a war against England, and also about how inevitable The Civil War itself seems in retrospect, with tensions over slavery, and between regions, there from the very beginning.