EEO's 1862 Sketchbook, Filled with Drawings carved figure in parka especially on the top

especially on the top

This impressionistic oil on cardboard seascape is definitely among my favorites yet--and would be great as a pair with the coastal tree on rock of the same scale I've just listed

The smaller nests nicely inside the larger

but this whale design I believe was by far the loveliest

A perfect counterpoint to the delicate sets of antique bone spillikins I also love--this wonderfully chunky old set of wooden jackstraws

EEO's 1862 Sketchbook, Filled with Drawings carved figure in parka especially on the topIt looks from the inside cover that this sketchbook belonged to an Estella (or Estilla) of Bennington (Vermont, I assume) and was gifted to her by her teacher Miss Harwood in 1862. Every page inside is filled, and while not all of the drawings are especially interesting, there are a good few into which our girl seems to have invested quite a lot of energy, and I think those drawings teem with quite a lot of life! I've documented all of them here (and