Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Blanch, c. 1873 soap box derby model clearly done long ago

clearly done long ago

with very recent framing

with just the right amount of wear around the coin slot to tell us it was used

Really very beautiful

with one nice little repair/patch at upper right near the border

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Blanch, c. 1873 soap box derby model clearly done long agoFour 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