Marvelous 19th C. Naive Watercolor and Graphite Drawing of Two Children and Noah's Arc (?) beautiful box If not made during wartime

If not made during wartime

with tiny holes down the right edge from where it was stitched into a notebook

and believe the blue flag with red cross may be a British naval flag

While I can't say for certain it is that old

Marvelous 19th C. Naive Watercolor and Graphite Drawing of Two Children and Noah's Arc (?) beautiful box If not made during wartimeOh, just exactly my favorite sort of drawing, and how rare it seems, more and more so, to find ones like this done by a school child I believe, mid 19th c. or so I think, graphite and watercolor on lined paper, with an embossed stamp at the upper left edge of the paper. Look at his striped purple tights! And her polka dotted apron against mustard yellow sleeves. And those faces, and hands, and heads of hair, and the way sho looks as if she's