Drawing Lesson 19, Satisfying Architectures and Moody Portrait basket with canoe where some sort of mechanics

where some sort of mechanics would periodically trigger their wings to raise and beaks to open --perhaps simultaneously producing a chirp chirp

19th century I would guess

6 1/4" x 4 3/8" each

so and so went

Drawing Lesson 19, Satisfying Architectures and Moody Portrait basket with canoe where some sort of mechanicsI 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