Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Blanch, c. 1873 soap box derby model And I do think the

And I do think the Canadian National Railways logo was pretty great to begin with

Really very beautiful

12 1/4" x 10 5/16" framed

but then it was a delight to discover a few small drawings and crayon coloring on some of the geometric shapes scattered across its pages

with just the right amount of wear around the coin slot to tell us it was used

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Blanch, c. 1873 soap box derby model And I do think theFour 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 also offering a