Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Allie, c. 1873 box collection right at the center of

right at the center of the drawing

with the loss of doors on one side and a bend at the base of the right door frame on that side

I do think it's pretty old though

(The eyebrows are my favorite

but the gloriously radiant color of the hand-painted silk feels lush like a peach to me

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Allie, c. 1873 box collection right at the center ofFour of these I found together, only one of them dated on the back, locating them all I think in 1873. It seems they may each have been done by a different school girl each with a different name signed to the back, as well as a different subject named on the front. (Perhaps collected by a teacher?) A customer recently noted to me that naive drawings of this sort make her heart beat faster and the same is true for me, just pure joy. And hard to beat