Hand-drawn Pen and Ink Sleeping Clerk Antique British Postcard elephant and donkey late 19th or very early

late 19th or very early 20th century

I think it would be just the perfect thing to hang in a guest room

CA potter (1916-1991) who created this gorgeous lilttle vase

as described in the press release for an exhibition of his original drawings at Vermont’s  Brattleboro Museum & Art Center

I had never seen one of these planters before

Hand-drawn Pen and Ink Sleeping Clerk Antique British Postcard elephant and donkey late 19th or very early"Officious curate (whilst preaching): 'Will someone wake the village clerk?' V. Clerk: 'I'm not asleep, I'm listening'!' Thus reads the caption on the front of this late 19th early 20th century hand drawn British postcard, with wonderful portrait of the sleeping listening clerk, top hat at his feet. Almost as good is the matter of fact message on the back: "This really happened in Somersham church. The old clerk died a short time ago." Approx 3 1 2" x