Mexican Ex Voto Sepia Ink Drawing --Saved from the Horrible Centipede! russian landscape keeping one's pennies and quarters

keeping one's pennies and quarters super secure

but would likely be most inclined to treat it like a lovely box and set it somewhere to be admired

a darker colored vein or marbilization is visible

but then there they are

with some smudges and stains on both front and back and an old fold down the middle

Mexican Ex Voto Sepia Ink Drawing --Saved from the Horrible Centipede! russian landscape keeping one's pennies and quartersI'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