Bessie Slater's Beautiful 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Botany Chart: Flower Positions 1918 finely made old one in

finely made old one in very good condition

8 1/4” tall standing

Reminds me a lot of Alex Katz

My guess is perhaps made at school long ago or by a few different siblings--perhaps with the help of a more dexterous mother or teacher doing some of the finer cutting

As long as one does not do much touching of them

Bessie Slater's Beautiful 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Botany Chart: Flower Positions 1918 finely made old one inThis is one of a series of beautiful antique ink and watercolor charts listed today, all executed long ago by a Bessie Slater (I believe, signed on the back of one of them), for a botany class, I presume. Each one homes in on a different aspect or aspects this one the "positions" of floral blooms lateral, whorled, tubuar, etc with 25 different sorts described and carefully illustrated in watercolor. More than ever these days, when delight in the