19th C. Naive Double-Sided Drawing: Girl and Flower, Farm with Turtle rite of passage A book by architects for

A book by architects for architects

I've found a few others sets of stand-up animals and circus performers dating to the early 20th century

most filled front and back

12 1/4" x 12 1/4" x 1 1/2"

Too pretty to resist

19th C. Naive Double-Sided Drawing: Girl and Flower, Farm with Turtle rite of passage A book by architects forOne last one from a number of drawings I've list by the same (surely quite young) maker, 1870s or so I believe, found together in an old notebook already partially disassembled so I went ahead and separated them all. This is one of my favorites, especially for the rosy cheeked girl below the painted and crayoned flower on one side, but also for what looks to me like a turtle crawling along at the bottom left corner on the reverse side. 7 3 4" x 5 1