Despairing Woman and Steeples with Tiny People, Double Sided Graphite Drawing 18 Naef blocks The rowers do still move

The rowers do still move forward and backward when pushed but might once have had a greater and more fluid range of movement than they do now

I'm guessing this was taken about c

brass shoe and boot silhouettes of this ilk were a Victorian era thing in Great Britain

Just a great vintage pair of Bennington Potters mugs in their iconic “tawny mustard” glaze

There's a lot of folk art vessels with faces

Despairing Woman and Steeples with Tiny People, Double Sided Graphite Drawing 18 Naef blocks The rowers do still moveHard to decide between the two sides of this drawing, which clearly came out of a c. late 19th c. sketchbook corresponding to a series of drawing lessons. I love the very despairing, open mouthed expression on this classically inspired woman, looking as if wailing (as so feeling especially apt for the moment!) but then these three steeples, animated (I have to think at the whim of the draw er, bored with following instructions) with wonderful tiny