Early Victorian Watercolor and Pencil Sketches of Girls with Ringlets wool rug starting in the 1940s

starting in the 1940s

I'm not good identifying woods

Those striped and checkerboard patterns-- created by way of the natural dyes--are pretty great too

This is a striking signed and numbered wood engraving printed in black ink on cream  paper by renowned printmaker Clare Leighton (1899-1989)

Early Victorian Watercolor and Pencil Sketches of Girls with Ringlets wool rug starting in the 1940sI love the juxtaposition of these multiples profile views of young women, who I think quite charmed the artist as he sketched them nearly 200 years ago. I am not certain if this flurry of ringleted girls the style of the day include a few different takes on "Jane," who is named below another drawing in ink on the reverse side, or are all different, but a lovely small double sided drawing I think they together make! This drawing came from a collection