Chopping: Very Charming 19th Century Four Vignette Graphite Drawing conk painting and one driving off the

and one driving off the edge of the page altogether

The checkers appear molded rather than treen but box is hardwood

A few stains and a little toning visible around the border

and surface cracking to the chamfered wood below the edge of the painting at right as documented

and with a a very snakelike slithering and tapering form to the body

Chopping: Very Charming 19th Century Four Vignette Graphite Drawing conk painting and one driving off theThis came out of a large c. 1870s century folio filled with all sorts of things, including a whole notebook of geometric perspective drawings, listed separately, and an assortment of handwritten notes on everything from wax flower making to casting. Included were a handful of single pages with perspective drawings and notes and then two graphite drawings of a different ilk, this and a second also listed, each featuring four related vignettes; here,