Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Cassie (I think!), c. 1873 original inkblot tests and then pretty painted violets

and then pretty painted violets on the backside

and the combination of outstretched fingers on one hand and the other raised to her temple

a great creature I think

Some wear to the edge of the wood at the head but in overall very good shape and really pretty

housed in an old "Flinch" box

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Cassie (I think!), c. 1873 original inkblot tests and then pretty painted violetsFour of these I found together, 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 also offering a