Miss Brown + Mr Nester Antique Folk Art Pencil Drawing paper clip measured straight across the back

measured straight across the back (not on the curve

down to every detail

especially the downturned beak

75ʺ across and 5

Miss Brown + Mr Nester Antique Folk Art Pencil Drawing paper clip measured straight across the backA little drawing, cut from an old scrapbook I believe, but one of my very favorites ever! I can just imagine it's maker carefully observing the courtship of Miss Brown and Mr. Nester (or Wester?) from a distance, then making this this sketch, with "Good Evening My Dear" wonderfully scrawled down one side. And what a pair, between her fabulous starry dress to his hat and bow tie and what one guesses is a handkerchief in one hand and her standing on a