Annie Darragh, The Elder Sister, 19th C. Ink Drawing with SeeSawing Children on Reverse antiqueoil on canvas with a few tears and

with a few tears and folds near the top

with with what appear to be thumb prints pressed into the body

just resting on a nail

The whistle is in great shaped structurally but its surface shows some age and wear

Annie Darragh, The Elder Sister, 19th C. Ink Drawing with SeeSawing Children on Reverse antiqueoil on canvas with a few tears andThe drawing of the "elder sister" book open, cross around her neck, and younger brother to either side is what first sold me on this 19th c. ink drawing, but there are more delights to be found everywhere, including those great baskets filled high with fruit, that energetically rendered tree (the source of the bounty I presume) with a little bird on a branch to the right side, and a series of scrolls announcing the drawing as the work of a young Annie