This 19th century sketchbook of a Mary Elizabeth Greene has seen better days, with some of the pencil drawings just loose and a fair amount of foxing on a number of them. But there are a few I like a lot, especially the last two chronologically (I have shown them first in photos)--one of a boy with a dropped watermelon next to a girl holding her whole one up like a prize, and the other of a girl offering treats to a young wanderer. Photos show the full contents, which at least as indicated by the cover of the sketchbook were executed over a period of some 40+ years! There is one executed on tissue-thin paper, the rest on drawing paper, all in pencil.
9 3/4" x 7 5/8". Photos provide an accurate account of condition, with some foxing, tearing around the edges, etc.
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