Miniature Early 19th Century Pencil Sketch of Girl with Doll antique game really nice

really nice

with nice crackling to the old paint on his face

I have not been able to find out for sure when or where the tradition of using oil cloth for dolls began

Pretty amazing I think

Miniature Early 19th Century Pencil Sketch of Girl with Doll antique game really niceThis is one of a handful of to my eye completely charming miniature drawings I purchased together, dating to the first or second quarter of the 19th Century, and though likely to be of Virginia origin. It's tiny, but what a lot of wonderful detail and patten is packed in! The gesture of this girl proudly raising her doll kills me, and then this shelf packed with other little dolls and doll house furniture amazing! 1 13 16" x 2 3 16" and in excellent