SOLD Agnes Raiche's Completed Krone's 1882 Primary Course Drawing Book indian bag These spades include the identifying

These spades include the identifying Ace

with the little wire-legged birds on either side riding along for company

The quality and wear to that lacquer makes me fairly certain it is quite old

Not your garden variety bunny

this clearly old carving has a really great presence in person

SOLD Agnes Raiche's Completed Krone's 1882 Primary Course Drawing Book indian bag These spades include the identifyingAs detailed on the inside of the front cover, this particular volume (#6) in a series of Krone's Paragon Series drawing books was designed to teach "more difficult" exercises in shading, including cross shading, solids, etc. On each page is a printed example, at left, which the student, in this case Agnes Raiche, was to redraw exactly. I find seeing the two versions side by side quite pleasing to the eye, and think our Agnes did quite a good job! 9 1