"Sweet Sixteen" 19th C Graphite Portrait of Young Woman with Ringlets protrait (Maybe I'm crazy

(Maybe I'm crazy

incorporating wonderful little ink and watercolor drawings of houses and rivers and lighthouses into diagrams applying plane trigonometry

It is in near perfect condition

Certainly she was quite a fine potter as this little vase is beautifully formed

but the shapes of his arms

"Sweet Sixteen" 19th C Graphite Portrait of Young Woman with Ringlets protrait (Maybe I'm crazyThis lovely young woman, with her perfectly arched brows and ringlets and pursed lips, looks to me perhaps not entirely delighted to be the "sweet sixteen" of the hand written title below. Rather, to me, she looks as if she might be at least partially mourning the loss of her childhood. I love this about her, and everything about this portrait really, just right in its original round frame with glass and hanging loop at top. C. 1860s 70s I would