19th C. Graphite School Drawings Lot #4: Cat with Fan, Boat, Eagle's Nest pair of face jugs Wonderful on the table at

Wonderful on the table at breakfast or coffee time

late 19th/early 20th century American I would think

which looks hand-dyed to me

she certainly seems to represent a fertility figure of sorts--or maybe just the maker's pregnant wife

19th C. Graphite School Drawings Lot #4: Cat with Fan, Boat, Eagle's Nest pair of face jugs Wonderful on the table atAs you surely know by now, nothing delights me more than old drawings, the more naive the better. These are from a larger group of 19th c. graphite drawings I found yesterday at a show in New Hampshire, which I've divided into sets so many fabulous little animals and here one person too! I really love the face on the cat holding her fan, and the proud stoicism of the horse, and especially this pair of eagles protecting their eaglets in the nest! Cat