Pencil Drawing of Marthe in Profile on French Furniture Shop Card lead I especially love the perfectly

I especially love the perfectly round loop at the base of the handle

are just terrific

along with a few others in a more distressed state

copper straight edge/guide

Pencil Drawing of Marthe in Profile on French Furniture Shop Card lead I especially love the perfectlyI think this drawing of pretty, intense young Marthe has so much life in it I can just feel her presence (and the tightness of her collar!) across the distance of a century plus. From the ears to the bow in her hair to the stitching across the front of her dress and the way the fabric falls below it, it's terrifically vivid and I think just terrific. Late 19th or very early 20th century and drawn on the reverse of a postcard sized Parisian