Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed cigar smoking man It measures 5" in diameter

It measures 5" in diameter at widest

and am just completely in love with them as objects

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Two antique penmanship notebooks today

Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed cigar smoking man It measures 5" in diameterAmong my very favorite Pennsylvania finds, this one came out a late 1870s early 80s sketchbook that was very much falling apart, so I extricated it. And it's about as pure an embodiment of the sort of drawing watercolor I love as anything could be. I might guess it was inspired by a Fraktur wedding certificate, but don't know for sure certainly I would call it a fraktur style schoolgirl (or schoolboy) watercolor drawing, of the Pennsylvania folk