Drawing Lesson 19, Satisfying Architectures and Moody Portrait fish dealer cards and can't find another like

and can't find another like him now

which I purchased from a seller who attained them as part of a lot of Asian antiques

With lovely engravings

the elder in what appears to be the attire of a tradesman or laborer

Just the right marriage of a naive 19th c

Drawing Lesson 19, Satisfying Architectures and Moody Portrait fish dealer cards and can't find another likeI found this one in a pile, clearly pulledan old notebook sketchbook following a series of drawing lessons. I'm not quite sure why lesson 19 was completed twice, but I find the effect of these four ruler drawn structures together in a grid very satisfying. And with a soulful and rather sullen looking woman drawn in reverse that I quite like too. 10" x 6 7 8", graphite on paper, good condition, with a few scattered stains and smudges and one stray