1911 Schoolgirl Graphite Portrait of Soulful Looking Woman in Big Hat braided grass basket even with the most straight

even with the most straight forward of forms

it won't quite stand up on it's own so just needs to lean lightly against something to stand fingers up

or a winder

see photos for a few examples from around the same time

and with the bold zig zag pattern on its nicely curved sides

1911 Schoolgirl Graphite Portrait of Soulful Looking Woman in Big Hat braided grass basket even with the most straightTo my eye just a wonderful naive drawing by an unknown 12 year old in 1911 great and interesting face, great hat, charming details. The drawing was done on a writing paper(almost like a tracing paper) that appears to be watermarked and was mounted to light weight board threaded with a red ribbon at top, which suggests it was once part of a ribbon bound group of them. As mounted: 12 1 4" x 8". Drawing itself: 10 1 2" x 8 1 16". Card shows a fold to