Drawings
Friendship Albums,Original Drawings and Watercolors,Women and Friendship
Norwich, England: Jarrold & Sons, Ltd, 1906. An early 1900s friendship album, kept by "Doris L'Estrange" from England. Approx. one-quarter filled with original drawings, watercolors, signatures of friends and family, and even a couple pages of musical quotes (J.S. Bach and W.A. Mozart). Dates of the entries range from 1906.....
Price: $350.00
Paper Doll, Made by Hand
A 2 1/2" handmade predominantly pencil drawn paper doll of a somewhat coquettish woman adorned in a petticoat. Accompanied by an elegant green gown holding a lace hankie.
Price: $90.00
Vinegar Valentine, Penny Dreadful, Comic Valentine, Hand colored
England: Unknown, c1870s. One printed and hand colored and one original art Penny Dreadful valentines with the same theme -- the maid is smitten with the Bobbie and he is smitten with her fare - from mutton to beer. The first, single-fold, with the maid having the upper hand atop.....
Price: $250.00
Watercolor, Family Life
Three (3) different scenes of family life at home with loving scenes of parents, grandparents and children. Well executed with fine detail Vivid Color.
Price: $700.00
Paper Doll, Made by Hand, Fashion, Pretend Play
A 7 3/4" tall watercolor paper doll. A tidy gent with broad-set eyes. His 11 costumes appear to be both contemporary to the 1940s while others are vintage. Four are labeled on reverse - lounge suit, yacht suit, full dress suit and tennis suit. Three fine hats accompany the outfits.....
Price: $225.00
Sketch Alphabet
1870s. Somewhat naive yet elegant watercolors, all with a floral or nature theme. Each is captioned in pencil. The first is captioned Preparing for Winter showing a young girl gathering sticks. There are single floral specimens, garlands and mixtures of both. Includes flowers as Inidan Azilie, Persian Tulip and Pomegranate.....
Price: $500.00
Watercolors,Medievalism,Decorated Initials,Medieval Letter Forms,Coats of Arms,Medieval Manuscripts
United States: c.1928. The sketchbook of an unnamed American artist and presumed bibliophile, with dozens of original watercolors, drawings, and sketches copied from or inspired by medieval manuscripts and im250agery. The individual replicated medieval letter forms and decorated initials with accuracy, bright color and gold paint to mimic gilding; some.....
Price: $250.00
original art, albums
1887-1916. Embossed colored cloth cover,hand drawn original artwork cut and glued onto pages, some with verses and signatures. A few pages say "to Flo", dates range from 1887-1916. Detailed and beautiful artwork; pencil sketches, pen and ink, watercolors, and paints, create a unique album. Verses included on some pages, credit.....
Price: $55.00
correspondence, drawings
1921. A plyaful yet instructive letter from a father to a daughter who presumably is away with her mother. Perhaps she is recovering from an injury. It begins with the father acknowledging how his daughter’s improved use of her hands and encouraging her to continue. It proceeds to discuss a......
Price: $85.00
Made by Hand, Napoleon, French History
An unknown artist's naive cut-out rendering of 8 1/2" watercolor Napoleon Bonaparte. Executed in great detail to the individual braids on his epaulets to the spurs on his boots.
Price: $225.00
WWII, V-J Day, San Francisco, food rationing
California: 1945. The content is politically oriented and tongue-in-cheek. The letters were addressed to Miss Eleanor Langlois of Guernewood Park, CA from J. E. Langlois and Oscar Smith, both of San Francisco. J.E. is Eleanor’s father. The letters are dated August 13-20, 1945. August 14, is labeled V-J Day when.....
Price: $325.00
History of Fashion,Word Fashion,Traditional Costumes and Dress,Original Artwork and Fashion Designs
United States: 1960s. A sketchbook with original artwork kept by a fashion student in the 1960s, charting their journey through the history of fashion across the globe. The sketchbook contains three elements. The first element is a series of eighteen (18) pages with over ninety (90) illustrations that have been.....
Price: $175.00
Erasable Tablets,Drawing,Classroom Materials
Boston, Massachusetts: American Tablet Company, 1866. An "erasable" drawing tablet for school children, made from four coated cards secured in the left-hand edge with cloth to resemble a codex. To use, the pupil simply uses a pencil or piece of graphite to draw on the tablet inside below the picture.....
Price: $100.00
Pen & Ink, Made by Hand
c 1880s. A portrait of a woman done predominantly in black and brown inks with an interesting addition of stippling on parts of the face and neck. Watercolor decorated flowers in her hair, delicate earrings and hair comb complete the scene. Well executed in a naive manner. Calligraphy caption on.....
Price: $525.00
Articulated paper toy, articulated paper doll, jointed paper doll, whimsy, hand made paper doll
A truly fanciful fellow with a printed face,and card stock body parts that have been decorated with applied and layered polished and foiled papers. His exaggerated hat has a large applied flower. His bodice begins with pleated paper dickey and velvet bow tie; a crest is applied beneath the dickey.....
Price: $750.00
Pinprick, Watercolor
1820s. A 10" x 8 1/2" pinprick work depicting a nomad or perhaps a shepherd. The costume is pinprick with watercolor embellishments. Pin-prick pictures were just one of many ways in which paper was used without paint or pencil to create images as a genteel way to pass the time.....
Price: $600.00
Handmade Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Victorian
1880s. A 7 1/2" well executed handmade papers depicting a graying Victorian gentleman along with his tuxedo and what else pajamas and robe. Loop tabs on reverse of costume slide over the paper doll to keep the clothing in place.
Price: $300.00
friendship album, quote, quotes, poetry, poems, verse, drawing, sketches, pencil, ink, code,
1907-1912. A friendship album of Marie Campbell consisting of mostly originally poems, a few illustrations, and coded phrases, the majority of which are signed and dated. The album starts in 1907 when Marie departed St. Francis Xavier School and the first half of the album are full of notes from.....
Price: $110.00
Pen and Ink Drawing, Made by Hand, Poetry
c1880. 15" x 12" Bristolboard card with The Old Oaken Bucket done in fine calligraphy. The caption at top reads "To Messrs Doherty Bros. Respectfully Inscribed. A pen and ink drawing of a young boy dropping the oaken bucket into the well with gilt border. Elaborate floral border decoration. A......
Price: $825.00
drawings, song bird, doodles, cartoons
1924-1925. A album featuring a series of drawings depicting the characters Cho and Patricia, a song bird and pig respectively. A collection of series of pictures telling the story of their unusual friendship. They include Cho going to church; a series of misadventures, building a brick wall, moving to a......
Price: $550.00
Child's Original Artwork,Humor and Rhymes,Ice Skating
United States: c.1910. A charming original drawing of a boy with skates, drawn in pencil with water colors, with an accompanying rhyme in pencil: See jolly Joey with his skates! He's eaten two or three large plates Of Quaker Oats, and that creates The smile that won't come off." Measures.....
Price: $225.00
Original Art,Costume and Fashion Design,History of Fashion,French Fashion
N.pl. (France?): 1920. Original costume designs, rendered in pen and ink with watercolor, depicting fifty-nine (59) different historical figures, fashions, and styles from between 493 and 1807. Dated 1920, the designs are inscribed on the cover leaf in contemporary ink: "Presented to Mary Black Diller By Helen H. Holbrook January.....
Price: $650.00
Love and Friendship, Made by Hand
Chicago: 1946. A two page typed story to Virginia Whitley at St. Joseph's Hospital , Joliet IL. 1946. The story begins with I do not know you and you don't know me, but what difference does that make? She had heard she was ill and needed something to bright her.....
Price: $250.00
Banana Harvesting,Hawaiian,Original Watercolor Artwork,Souvenir
Honolulu, Hawaii: 1930s? A charming piece of original artwork for what appears to be a souvenir bookmark (perhaps for tourists?), mounted on to a piece of brown paper and folded inside laid paper addressed in ink on the verso to Mrs. H.H. Banks of Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. The image.....
Price: $250.00