Pencil Drawing of Marthe in Profile on French Furniture Shop Card handmade pencil box and there is a hole

and there is a hole inside the head for a few fingers

and the more I look at it

While still great for spices

This one--of which I have found no exact match

measures 11" tall and 8" across at widest

Pencil Drawing of Marthe in Profile on French Furniture Shop Card handmade pencil box and there is a holeI think this drawing of pretty, intense young Marthe has so much life in it I can just feel her presence (and the tightness of her collar!) across the distance of a century plus. From the ears to the bow in her hair to the stitching across the front of her dress and the way the fabric falls below it, it's terrifically vivid and I think just terrific. Late 19th or very early 20th century and drawn on the reverse of a postcard sized Parisian