Two Girls and Dog, Sketchbook Drawings by Emma Ackerley, Sing Sing NY, 1870 curated mid-century I’m quite taken with this

I’m quite taken with this little pewter bird dish—handmade by T

A wonderful little finely hand-carved wooden Black Forest bear

Such a charming carving

while also lending the perfect final formal detail to this wonderful

Two Girls and Dog, Sketchbook Drawings by Emma Ackerley, Sing Sing NY, 1870 curated mid-century I’m quite taken with thisLots of foxing and stains all over on this old sketchbook page of drawings done by one Emma Ackerley, 1870, but I love the drawings of these two little girls and dog with tongue hanging out of its mouth so much, theres no way I could pass it by. The floral wreath around the head of the seated girl, her crossed boots, and the details on her dress just kill me, and then the standing girl in profile looking very much like a queen with crown atop her