Pencil Drawing of Marthe in Profile on French Furniture Shop Card handmade pencil box and the other drawers open

and the other drawers open and close with ease

as these are quite exquisite

Such a great little lion

and the more I look at it

Pencil Drawing of Marthe in Profile on French Furniture Shop Card handmade pencil box and the other drawers openI 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