Upright Planes / Dialling: Early 1800s Notebook Page with Watercolor Diagrams in Double Sided Frame modern japanese shunga print' from its hand-painted red-cheeked smiling

from its hand-painted red-cheeked smiling face to its polka dotted outfit

just after the ends come together

and I'd bet was used by a few generations of kids as a rattle (or bat

so one could assume he's waving hello and goodbye

Upright Planes / Dialling: Early 1800s Notebook Page with Watercolor Diagrams in Double Sided Frame modern japanese shunga print' from its hand-painted red-cheeked smilingThis is one of three double sided pages from an early 19th c. Newburyport, MA school notebook I'm listing clearly the work of one person which came from the collection of longtime New England collectors Bev and John Titus. I love early watercolored lettering and diagrams just about as much as anything in the world (and have also been kind of obsessed with sun dials lately) so swooned when I saw these. Both I believe relate to the scientific basis of