Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Blanch, c. 1873 soap box derby model 12 1/4" x 10 5/16"

12 1/4" x 10 5/16" framed

) I just adore this funny

Images are shot at 2x magnification

with very recent framing

but then it was a delight to discover a few small drawings and crayon coloring on some of the geometric shapes scattered across its pages

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Blanch, c. 1873 soap box derby model 12 1/4" x 10 5/16"Four 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 also offering a