Fantastic c. 1830 Ink Drawing of Lamia with Verses, Riddles, Numbers tramp art frames and even less expert on

and even less expert on early photographic processes

when one is done playing

When the citizens refused to pay for his services as promised

I think it all adds up to a pretty perfect embodiment of black cat persona

Fantastic c. 1830 Ink Drawing of Lamia with Verses, Riddles, Numbers tramp art frames and even less expert onThis! Its the fantastic drawing that makes this one of my very favorite pieces of paper Ive had in my possession, depicting what I first took for mermaids but believe may rather represent Lamiaa mythological child eating monster and, in later tradition, regarded as a type of night haunting spirit. The hand written text surrounding the drawingbearing the signature of a Lucy B. Howard, and which my favorite handwriting expert dates to 1830 or so, with