EEO's 1862 Sketchbook, Filled with Drawings faience but also had an extensive

but also had an extensive collection of South American textiles

making for easy holding and hanging

but also for the line work of the hair

quite a fabulous character I think

or the peg joints used for attaching the figures to their chairs

EEO's 1862 Sketchbook, Filled with Drawings faience but also had an extensiveIt looks from the inside cover that this sketchbook belonged to an Estella (or Estilla) of Bennington (Vermont, I assume) and was gifted to her by her teacher Miss Harwood in 1862. Every page inside is filled, and while not all of the drawings are especially interesting, there are a good few into which our girl seems to have invested quite a lot of energy, and I think those drawings teem with quite a lot of life! I've documented all of them here (and