Despairing Woman and Steeples with Tiny People, Double Sided Graphite Drawing vine 17 1/2 x 13 1/2"

17 1/2 x 13 1/2" and in excellent antique condition

rich color throughout

with weeping trees and weeping women and an hourglass with wings to either side of the engraved text

13 1/2” tall x 1 7/8” wide and deep

Despairing Woman and Steeples with Tiny People, Double Sided Graphite Drawing vine 17 1/2 x 13 1/2"Hard to decide between the two sides of this drawing, which clearly came out of a c. late 19th c. sketchbook corresponding to a series of drawing lessons. I love the very despairing, open mouthed expression on this classically inspired woman, looking as if wailing (as so feeling especially apt for the moment!) but then these three steeples, animated (I have to think at the whim of the draw er, bored with following instructions) with wonderful tiny