
Edith Waddell - Sacred Heart, 2019

A Soviet funeral monument in the Roman style encased in glass, Novodevichiy Cemetery, Moscow

I must admit that “shit-ass” is not a word I ever thought I’d see in a 19th century letter… but here we are.
“This is kind of a shit-ass of a letter, but I just wanted to let you know I was alive.”
- Gilbert Patterson to Jack, June 16, 1896.

Illustration by Paula Braconnot
Source: http://www.paulabraconnot.com/