Dog with Blue Tassel, Charming 19th Century Pastel Drawing on Card hand numbered I believe with pencil

I believe with pencil

(It shows a 1884 copyright

so I'd guess this dates to around then

its pretty hard to resist the urge to want to scratch his belly

and  a pretty old one

Dog with Blue Tassel, Charming 19th Century Pastel Drawing on Card hand numbered I believe with pencilThis 19th c. pastel drawing popped from all the way across the room that blue is just electric, and how much better for that wonderful tassel to be hanging from the mouth of this very charming dog! I love everything about this, which I take for a sort of "sandpaper" drawing, made by adding marble dust to the surface; there is not much shimmer to it, but there is a definite sandpaper like texture to the surface, and it is similar manner to a few