Many Faces, 1922 Pencil Drawings on Bank Stationary, Bedford Iowa dusting brush This is a very lovely

This is a very lovely hand-colored engraving from a 19th century volume on entomology

perhaps next to the matte green of arts and crafts pottery

made all the better by the combination of dark wood and black bristles flecked with blonde ones

and which from what I understand originated in China but became very popular as a parlor game in Victorian England

Many Faces, 1922 Pencil Drawings on Bank Stationary, Bedford Iowa dusting brush This is a very lovelyAnother of a few early 1920s drawings by an employee at the Bedford National Bank in Bedford, Iowa, and just a fun one, with several little portraits of "girl" combined with "man", "nut", Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, and John J. Perching, WWI U. S. Army General. Signed in cursive at lower right, Charles Martin I believe. Good condition, with little tears at the corners. 8 1 2" x 11".