Helen Malta Pencil Sketch of Woman Feeding Birds, 1930s bronze seal I believe British c

I believe British c

I would keep the board out on the coffee table all of the time

is especially lovely--and fairly unusual in having a handle

Made of copper

it might have been used for holding something live that might have the capacity to jump out

Helen Malta Pencil Sketch of Woman Feeding Birds, 1930s bronze seal I believe British cThis drawing takes me straight to a park in New York, sitting on a bench and watching this woman who has surely made a daily habit of coming to feed these birds. While notes on the drawing ("red and blue dots" written on the woman's shoulder, and "brilliant blue and green birds" at bottom right) suggest that this was a quick sketch in advance of a more finished drawings, I think the looseness and lack of color, combined with the way her hair falls