Austrian Hiker at Ursulaberg Stamp Collage and Watercolor Postcard metal foot still lives and figures

still lives and figures

but it is the gestural application of the blue glaze that really makes this one

I'd guess this drawing dates from the mid- to late 19th century and maybe it is Scottish

and certainly a great conversation piece anywhere

Austrian Hiker at Ursulaberg Stamp Collage and Watercolor Postcard metal foot still lives and figuresI've been looking at and snatching up lots of hand drawn antique postcards lately: original, often really wonderful little works of art and time capsules too. This little Austrian masterpiece is for sure among my very favorites I've seen, with the hiker's hat, clothes, boots (those boots!) and chisel carefully collaged of canceled postage stamps! The rest is ink and watercolor, with "Ursulaberg" (a mountain in what was then Southern Austria, which