John Howard Memorial SketchThis most unusual folk art drawing and watercolor depicts the memorial monument to John Howard, who died in 1790. Howard was a noted English prison reformer who died of typhus (common in prisons due to inhumane conditions) while on a philanthropic trip to Ukraine. This monument was erected in Kherson. I suspect this depiction of the monument came from what I like to call a travel album. People loved to document their travels in journals, scrapbooks,

Based on the lives of folk painter Mary Ann Willson & her “friend” Florence Brundage

Written on and stamped

but I would leave her as is

For a smut publisher to have a PO box at Canal Street Station is impressively sleazy

This great genius offers us… A hot fudge recipe

Condition is very good with some edgewear & foxing

which is supposed to pass for with

The elastic at the bottom & the silk are both fragile & likely to break if the piece is too small for you

though it’s become a near impossible & very costly pursuit over the last 10 years or so

Beautiful black silk embroidered shawl with fringe

You want another one

turn of the century