EW Hall’s Scale of Values Art School Exercise bakelit Plenty of foxing and stains

Plenty of foxing and stains on this old sketchbook page of drawings done by one Emma Ackerley in 1870

It not only features a great rendering of a burning pipe and the text

5 1/8" t x 4 3/8" w x 3" deep

and with a presence that far exceeds her diminutive stature (she feels rather like a tower of calm and composure

EW Hall’s Scale of Values Art School Exercise bakelit Plenty of foxing and stainsThis is one of two color studies Im listing done by an EW Hall long ago for art class, this one representing gradations between black and white. The watercolored rounds are cutouts, pasted down. What I especially like about this "scale of values", as noted by a teacher at bottom right, is that Hall oriented the scale upside down starting with black at top rather than white and why not?! 11 x 14 done on heavyweight sketchbook paper. The paper shows