Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper farm by the ocean But Bridget drew him by

But Bridget drew him by the sleeve

just great

and yellow waist coat and breeches

ready to be loaded up and taken on a plain air painting outing

This is one of new batch of antique math and geometry notebooks just in--from a bookseller in England whose late husband collected them

Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper farm by the ocean But Bridget drew him byThe Laura who signed this above the lower border does have a last name, but she wrote it with so many flourishes I find it very hard to read! She clearly liked her flourishes, seemingly adding them wherever she could, but I think she got the rose really right, with a nice wildness to the leaves furling in every direction, and a feeling of this rose as a very living thing, as if swarming with bumblebees! 8 1 8 x 5, overall good condition, with some