Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper vintage puppet head 4" x 4" closed

4" x 4" closed

I think I'd keep it on the kitchen counter to  use all of the time

Freed from his string and squeeze handle

with push-pin shaped fronts and split fastener type backs

Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper vintage puppet head 4" x 4" closedThe Laura who signed this above the lower border does have a last name, but she wrote it with so many flourishes I find it very hard to read! She clearly liked her flourishes, seemingly adding them wherever she could, but I think she got the rose really right, with a nice wildness to the leaves furling in every direction, and a feeling of this rose as a very living thing, as if swarming with bumblebees! 8 1 8 x 5, overall good condition, with some