Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Blanch, c. 1873 kewpie doll Plus the cocked eye of

Plus the cocked eye of the second deer

but I think left the best of all behind

Certainly they bear a very strong resemblance to the animals of Swiss toy designer and maker Antonio Vitali (who also designed many toys produced by Creative Playthings)

the Yanomami are an indigenous tribe located in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Venezuela

with a small clean tear along the right edge at the red shed roof

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Blanch, c. 1873 kewpie doll Plus the cocked eye ofFour of these I found together, only one of them dated on the back, locating them all I think in 1873. It seems they may each have been done by a different school girl each with a different name signed to the back, as well as a different subject named on the front. (Perhaps collected by a teacher?) A customer recently noted to me that naive drawings of this sort make her heart beat faster and the same is true for me, just pure joy, and also offering a