"Sweet Sixteen" 19th C Graphite Portrait of Young Woman with Ringlets protrait incorporating wonderful little ink and

incorporating wonderful little ink and watercolor drawings of houses and rivers and lighthouses into diagrams applying plane trigonometry

11 3/4" x 8 3/4" x 7/8"

So many wonderful wooden boxes in the world

Good antique condition with lots of wear to the wood as pictured

I might guess 1980s or so on this great looking hand-built ceramic lamp

"Sweet Sixteen" 19th C Graphite Portrait of Young Woman with Ringlets protrait incorporating wonderful little ink andThis lovely young woman, with her perfectly arched brows and ringlets and pursed lips, looks to me perhaps not entirely delighted to be the "sweet sixteen" of the hand written title below. Rather, to me, she looks as if she might be at least partially mourning the loss of her childhood. I love this about her, and everything about this portrait really, just right in its original round frame with glass and hanging loop at top. C. 1860s 70s I would