Burning Building, Super Atmospheric Old Snapshot Photo vintage Odd Fellows mask Watercolor on what I believe

Watercolor on what I believe is laid paper

I believe this is a slightly later lithograph of an 1837 wood engraving by British engraver John Thompson (1785–1866)

which doesn't happen very often

And what a charming tiny face on Our Lady

watercolor and gouache on cardboard

Burning Building, Super Atmospheric Old Snapshot Photo vintage Odd Fellows mask Watercolor on what I believeHow stunningly beautiful a burning building can be, and also very apocalyptic feeling. This photo is more beautiful and nuanced in hand, with a glossy surface and some silveriness to the blacks that makes it seem all the moodier and the structure all the more skeletal against the aura of white light. And very gothic feeling, I keep thinking of Poe and The Fall of the House of Usher. 4 1 2" x 3 1 2" Glossy photo, earlyish 20th century. Clipped bottom