Chopping: Very Charming 19th Century Four Vignette Graphite Drawing conk painting A few stains and a

A few stains and a little toning visible around the border

and the rather manic decorative flourishes that animate every square inch of the piece

with the urn and flowers cut out and pasted to the backing paper in the true theorem stencil manner

but I really love the look and drama of the ring of six

perhaps in his studio

Chopping: Very Charming 19th Century Four Vignette Graphite Drawing conk painting A few stains and aThis came out of a large c. 1870s century folio filled with all sorts of things, including a whole notebook of geometric perspective drawings, listed separately, and an assortment of handwritten notes on everything from wax flower making to casting. Included were a handful of single pages with perspective drawings and notes and then two graphite drawings of a different ilk, this and a second also listed, each featuring four related vignettes; here,