The Inundation: Or Mother and Offspring, Victorian Era Pencil Drawing, Framed garden art This is a lovely footed This is a lovely footed stoneware bowl by Wisconsin potter Rick Hintz of Johnson Creek Clay Studio the flowers on her skirt 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 but I find this really quite a heart wrenching portrayal