Pair of Antique Graphite Drawings on Houses on Folded Paper five million dollar its made of cast brass

its made of cast brass

to the zig zagging bands of her skirt

with a spool used for the body and what looks like wooden beads for the head and tail

it's pretty amazing  that a series of postal workers would see to it that a stamped shirt cuff with handwritten address would make it from New York to Philly - in the 1860s

torch at right

Pair of Antique Graphite Drawings on Houses on Folded Paper five million dollar its made of cast brassI'm selling this these as found, two separate drawings on one folded sheet of paper, but they could be very easily divided in to two. Graphite on rag type paper, late 19th very early 20th century, I just think they're lovely and satisfying drawings that feel like portraits, precise and specific, but drawn freehand, which makes they feel warmly personal too. Paper size, as folded in half: 7" x 5 3 4". Easily cut down the middle to yield two 7" x 5 3 4"