Miss Brown + Mr Nester Antique Folk Art Pencil Drawing antique sampler Both measure 5" in diameter

Both measure 5" in diameter

and are great just treated as blocks spread out on a tabletop for making free form designs

Very nicely--and painstakingly

recently sold at auction for $325

Miss Brown + Mr Nester Antique Folk Art Pencil Drawing antique sampler Both measure 5" in diameterA little drawing, cut from an old scrapbook I believe, but one of my very favorites ever! I can just imagine it's maker carefully observing the courtship of Miss Brown and Mr. Nester (or Wester?) from a distance, then making this this sketch, with "Good Evening My Dear" wonderfully scrawled down one side. And what a pair, between her fabulous starry dress to his hat and bow tie and what one guesses is a handkerchief in one hand and her standing on a