Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Laura, 1873 white rabbit ” this is a linocut

” this is a linocut print

Aged as evident but sound and stable

and all the more of a mystery

This is one of three woodblock postcards I purchased from a seller in Japan

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Laura, 1873 white rabbit ” this is a linocutFour of these I found together, only one of them this one dated on the back, locating them all in 1873. It seems they may each have been done by a different school girl all 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