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

with dynamically pointed handle

giving the piece a great  sweetness and tenderness

and the edges and interior bottoms of the interior drawers

Tea: 4"t x 3 1/2"

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