Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Cassie (I think!), c. 1873 bioll anderson Cards measure approx 2 5/16"

Cards measure approx 2 5/16" x 1 3/8" each

done according to the Becker rather than Spencerian method

but it most certainly has the feeling of having been made by a spiritualist

I find the colors and patterns on wood ducks pretty amazing to begin with

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Cassie (I think!), c. 1873 bioll anderson Cards measure approx 2 5/16"Four of these I found together, one of them dated on the back, locating them all I think in 1873. It seems they may each have been done by a different school girl each with a different name signed to the back, as well as a different subject named on the front. (Perhaps collected by a teacher?) A customer recently noted to me that naive drawings of this sort make her heart beat faster and the same is true for me, just pure joy, and also offering a