1492-1881, A Poetic History of America on a Ledger Page, with Doodles abstract plate one swooping over there

one swooping over there

18" l x 3 1/4" in diameter

The second donkey has a small chip to one ear

A nice chunky old whimsy

Bird (cutout) 4 5/8 on diagonal head to tail

1492-1881, A Poetic History of America on a Ledger Page, with Doodles abstract plate one swooping over thereThis page was salvaged from an old ledger in an overall state of disrepair and I think is really quite a poignant thing, making a sort of poetry of selected moments in American history as it distills them into a list of sorts, starting with 1776, then jumping back to 1492, then extending to 1881, which I believe is about when it was written. Year 1794 was trouble with an insurrection. Year 1812 saw a war with her once mother country. 1861 saw a bitter