Fantasy Landscape with Boater: 19th Century Sandpaper Drawing, Framed as Found antique apothecasry with dynamically pointed handle

with dynamically pointed handle

from the serious expression on our boy's face to his soiled high socks

and as roughly rendered as the craggy back side of the conk

What I think is great about these is how they immediately transport one--or me at least--to an afternoon frolicking around in the garden more than a hundred years ago

I love the labor invested in it combined with the simplicity of the structure and just wish I had a whole city block's worth

Fantasy Landscape with Boater: 19th Century Sandpaper Drawing, Framed as Found antique apothecasry with dynamically pointed handleWhat an interesting array of folk art picture making techniques there were in the 19th century, sandpaper drawings perhaps the most curious of all. Instantly recognizable, they were made using a combination of charcoal and marble dust, typically applied to a sandpaper like surface, with the marble dust lending a sort of silvery sparkle. This is a quintessential example, with wonderfully dense, fluttery and silvery foliage framing a river view, a tiny