Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed cigar smoking man This one no longer has

This one no longer has the interior trays which once would have fit inside

and probably once a leather strap attached to the base

and am just completely in love with them as objects

looking absolutely as if having a vision

Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed cigar smoking man This one no longer hasAmong my very favorite Pennsylvania finds, this one came out a late 1870s early 80s sketchbook that was very much falling apart, so I extricated it. And it's about as pure an embodiment of the sort of drawing watercolor I love as anything could be. I might guess it was inspired by a Fraktur wedding certificate, but don't know for sure certainly I would call it a fraktur style schoolgirl (or schoolboy) watercolor drawing, of the Pennsylvania folk