Mexican Ex Voto Sepia Ink Drawing --Saved from the Horrible Centipede! russian landscape as the lid sits at

as the lid sits at just the slightest bit off square (maybe 1-2 degrees)

keeping one's pennies and quarters super secure

but then there they are

Vintage 1950s

but I have developed quite a fondness for old paintings of them

Mexican Ex Voto Sepia Ink Drawing --Saved from the Horrible Centipede! russian landscape as the lid sits atI've seen a lot of old Mexican ex voto retablo paintings on tin, giving thanks to various saints for their divine interventions, but I'm not sure I've ever seen one executed as an ink drawing like this one, which was done in sepia colored ink. Perhaps it was done in advance of a painting, I'm not sure, but I'm very glad it exists as a drawing! The basic story, really wonderfully illustrated, with great attention paid to setting the scene (I especially