Antique Pencil Drawing of Louse in Lemon Gold Frame childhood drawing sapphire blue velvet just above

sapphire blue velvet just above the ferrule

It is two sided

25ʺD × 4

This is the second of these c

Antique Pencil Drawing of Louse in Lemon Gold Frame childhood drawing sapphire blue velvet just aboveI just learned from an Instagram friend that this carefully drawn bug is in fact a louse! Which makes me love it 10 times more! A tiny tiny bug, a giant pest, and the stuff of nightmares especially for girls with very long hair (and their mothers who have to comb them out.) It really seems right that a single louse should be honored and preserved with this closely observed drawing, perhaps drawn with the aid of a microscope. I love how the six legs