Fantasy Landscape with Boater: 19th Century Sandpaper Drawing, Framed as Found antique apothecasry giving the piece a great

giving the piece a great  sweetness and tenderness

and the edges and interior bottoms of the interior drawers

What I think is great about these is how they immediately transport one--or me at least--to an afternoon frolicking around in the garden more than a hundred years ago

is holding together well

Fantasy Landscape with Boater: 19th Century Sandpaper Drawing, Framed as Found antique apothecasry giving the piece a greatWhat an interesting array of folk art picture making techniques there were in the 19th century, sandpaper drawings perhaps the most curious of all. Instantly recognizable, they were made using a combination of charcoal and marble dust, typically applied to a sandpaper like surface, with the marble dust lending a sort of silvery sparkle. This is a quintessential example, with wonderfully dense, fluttery and silvery foliage framing a river view, a tiny