Early Victorian Watercolor and Pencil Sketches of Girls with Ringlets inky holder for pencils

holder for pencils

I've looked and looked

and then the boy a few months later

amidst an incredible collection of art

7 1/2" tall x 2 1/2" wide x 1" thick

Early Victorian Watercolor and Pencil Sketches of Girls with Ringlets inky holder for pencilsI love the juxtaposition of these multiples profile views of young women, who I think quite charmed the artist as he sketched them nearly 200 years ago. I am not certain if this flurry of ringleted girls the style of the day include a few different takes on "Jane," who is named below another drawing in ink on the reverse side, or are all different, but a lovely small double sided drawing I think they together make! This drawing came from a collection