I found another drawing tucked away in my great-grand-uncle's 1918 Proverbs calendar (which by the way is really sour grapes. ie, "Set not too high the value of your own abilities," "Two of a trade seldom agree," "Poverty is the mother of all arts," "The rotten apple injures its companion," and so many more.). This is also by Cressley (photo: left), a man I could have met, as I met his sister, my great-grandmother Manna (Lucille; curiously, my other great-grandmother on that side was Lulu) before she passed. Cressley was lost before his 20th year in World War I, and I like to think he was sketching over there, and somewhere (maybe France) someone else has more of his delightful little sketches. My two younger brothers (born 3 years apart the same day) celebrate their birthday tomorrow, and I cannot imagine life without them. And they can both draw (they share a birthday with da Vinci as well)! One of these days I will post their childhood drawings. :)
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