Rare 1883 American News Co. How to Draw and Paint, with Wonderful Plates--and Interventions! retro and especially the crooked mouth

and especially the crooked mouth filled with a mix of gold and black teeth

I love things like this

and quite a fun one to carry on an ongoing conversation with

Mo to Rogers

My heart skipped a beat when I found this brush

Rare 1883 American News Co. How to Draw and Paint, with Wonderful Plates--and Interventions! retro and especially the crooked mouth"How to Draw and Paint," published in 1883 by the American News Company, NY, seems a rare one to find; I've found just one copy out there, listed at about $200. This copy though is its own thing, with a Helen Henkel having put her own stamp on it through watercoloring a dozen or so of its many plates. (I especially like her making the sheep solid black.) The first half of the book (65 pages) is text (with the occasional diagram) walking the reader