Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed cigar smoking man looking absolutely as if having

looking absolutely as if having a vision

It measures 5" in diameter at widest

Total love

which would be the number of points one gets for successfully extracting them from the pile

I'd be especially glad to keep this one for myself

Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed cigar smoking man looking absolutely as if havingAmong my very favorite Pennsylvania finds, this one came out a late 1870s early 80s sketchbook that was very much falling apart, so I extricated it. And it's about as pure an embodiment of the sort of drawing watercolor I love as anything could be. I might guess it was inspired by a Fraktur wedding certificate, but don't know for sure certainly I would call it a fraktur style schoolgirl (or schoolboy) watercolor drawing, of the Pennsylvania folk