"Me Take Yo Likeness Mitsi" Antique Drawing of Artist and Old Woman wooden vice especially based on the name

especially based on the name Mitsi as well as the use of "yo" for your

This vase would look great just about anywhere

The splint ash visible on the bottom of the basket reveals a rainbow of hues

but with no information on his maker or exact age

and the edges and interior bottoms of the interior drawers

"Me Take Yo Likeness Mitsi" Antique Drawing of Artist and Old Woman wooden vice especially based on the nameWhat a curious and charming old drawing! The handwritten cursive running along below the image I believe reads "Me Take You Likeness Mitsi," I assume articulating the action of the seated artist, engaged in drawing the old woman, presumably Mitsi, standing before him. A curious model she is, and what is with this giant hand she is holding out toward him, dramatically contrasting with the second little arm and hand at her side? She seems only to have