Fantasy Landscape with Boater: 19th Century Sandpaper Drawing, Framed as Found terracotta planter to her terrific open face

to her terrific open face with large nose and slightly crooked smile

) and beautiful production (that gold

and many more feathers on her hat

with numbers 1-7 along the left side

With one chip to the interior of the lip but overall very good condition

Fantasy Landscape with Boater: 19th Century Sandpaper Drawing, Framed as Found terracotta planter to her terrific open faceWhat an interesting array of folk art picture making techniques there were in the 19th century, sandpaper drawings perhaps the most curious of all. Instantly recognizable, they were made using a combination of charcoal and marble dust, typically applied to a sandpaper like surface, with the marble dust lending a sort of silvery sparkle. This is a quintessential example, with wonderfully dense, fluttery and silvery foliage framing a river view, a tiny