Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Allie, c. 1873 box collection I think this old toy

I think this old toy has a great look to it just sitting on a shelf

The leather strap is plenty large to fit an adult finger or two little ones

right at the center of the drawing

of the sort that trade beads are made of

I do think it's pretty old though

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Allie, c. 1873 box collection I think this old toyFour of these I found together, only one of them dated on the back, locating them all I think in 1873. It seems they may each have been done by a different school girl each with a different name signed to the back, as well as a different subject named on the front. (Perhaps collected by a teacher?) A customer recently noted to me that naive drawings of this sort make her heart beat faster and the same is true for me, just pure joy. And hard to beat