C. 1900 Ink, Inkwash, Pencil Drawing of Two Hunted Deer Ballantine beer cans most commonly in paper-wrapped sub-packets

most commonly in paper-wrapped sub-packets of five "strips" of 17

I purchased this great old double-sided FOR SALE sign from the estate of a doctor and avid sign collector in Rochester

I'd think mid 20th century or so though am not entirely certain

It is signed on the underside but I can't quite decipher the signature

The snowy ground

C. 1900 Ink, Inkwash, Pencil Drawing of Two Hunted Deer Ballantine beer cans most commonly in paper-wrapped sub-packetsThis delicate ink and ink wash drawing of two hanging deer was done on the back of the title page of a 1898 copy of the The Strand Magazine, a British periodical featuring short fiction and general interest articles. One wonders the drawing was inspired by a story inside, or whether the magazine was taken on a hunting trip for evening reading and the deer drawn from life. I find it quite elegiac, with fallen log on the ground amplifying a sense of