The Inundation: Or Mother and Offspring, Victorian Era Pencil Drawing, Framed garden art carved stool upon which this carved stool upon which this wonderful figure sits This is a lovely footed stoneware bowl by Wisconsin potter Rick Hintz of Johnson Creek Clay Studio It seems to me that there are many ways to read this wonderfully executed antique graphite drawing of mother and pups trying to survive a horrible flood (including perhaps as a commentary on the endless demands of motherhood) and it feels super resonant at the (rather apocalyptic feeling) present moment as we confront one "inundation" after another The cuteness of the puppies gathering with mom on her doghouse raft mitigates things a bit