Fantasy Landscape with Boater: 19th Century Sandpaper Drawing, Framed as Found antique apothecasry Largest (cut paper): 14 1/8"

Largest (cut paper): 14 1/8" x 11 1/4" framed (sight: 12 1/4" x 9 3/8)

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

giving the piece a great  sweetness and tenderness

with dynamically pointed handle

and the edges and interior bottoms of the interior drawers

Fantasy Landscape with Boater: 19th Century Sandpaper Drawing, Framed as Found antique apothecasry Largest (cut paper): 14 1/8"What 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