Mexican Ex Voto Sepia Ink Drawing --Saved from the Horrible Centipede! art pottery green vase Through the eyes holes show

Through the eyes holes show glass "eyes" (pieces of glass painted black and white)

Seagulls can be rather loud and obnoxious

which seems maybe like well worn velvet

The lovely antique barber's brush features a turned oak wooden handle

sharp nose

Mexican Ex Voto Sepia Ink Drawing --Saved from the Horrible Centipede! art pottery green vase Through the eyes holes showI'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