19th C. Double-Sided Naive Graphite & Crayon Drawing: Girl and Deer, Flowers bird woman and the aces in each

and the aces in each suit

The little street sign to behind it to the right reads Bar Le Duc

un-dyed splint and grass presumed MicMac basket with "porcupine" weave around the perimeter of the lid and again near the bottom of the base

and just super

19th C. Double-Sided Naive Graphite & Crayon Drawing: Girl and Deer, Flowers bird woman and the aces in eachThis is one of a handful of drawings I'm listing by the same (surely quite young) maker, found together in an old notebook already partially disassembled so I went ahead and separated them all. I'd guess 1860s or 70s or so, and all quite wonderful, with the people and animals especially soulful this girl and deer a perfect case in point! but the flowers on reverse really quite full of life too! Crayon was used fairly sparingly in these, making the