Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Allie, c. 1873 socket wrench Welded together of iron pieces

Welded together of iron pieces

9 3/8 x 7 5/8 as mounted

and in addition to the white ribbons (Lattacino)

Now an iconic symbol of the suffragette movement

pendant flags

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Allie, c. 1873 socket wrench Welded together of iron piecesFour of these I found together, only one of them dated on the back, locating them all I think in 1873. It seems they may each have been done by a different school girl each with a different name signed to the back, as well as a different subject named on the front. (Perhaps collected by a teacher?) A customer recently noted to me that naive drawings of this sort make her heart beat faster and the same is true for me, just pure joy. And hard to beat