Chopping: Very Charming 19th Century Four Vignette Graphite Drawing conk painting is pretty fun

is pretty fun

I wonder who the Nelly was who he or she was thinking about

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

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

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

Chopping: Very Charming 19th Century Four Vignette Graphite Drawing conk painting is pretty funThis 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,