Framed Pair of George Errington 1882 Graphite Sketches, with Third on Reverse wooden pestle bowl and find the drawing really

and find the drawing really wonderful

but unreadable

with a mix of old iron nails holding it together

Made by Wittnauer (founded by New York based Swiss immigrant Albert Wittnauer in the late 19th c

softening the white to almost gray and resulting in a fine alligatoring of the paint

Framed Pair of George Errington 1882 Graphite Sketches, with Third on Reverse wooden pestle bowl and find the drawing really(Forgive the glare in these images.) I didn't know anything about George E. Errington when I found this (these), nicely framed with a window to a third on the reverse side I just think they're terrific sketches, and am especially partial to figure reclining in the hammock, with fine features that made me read it first as a portrait of a woman, though is probably more likely a young man whatever the case looking a perfect mix of pensive and relaxed,