Edward J. Brown's 1878 Reader, with Drawings hand thrown plate my very favorite I've found

my very favorite I've found

late 19th century or so

his rear cocked a bit to the the left

with a pre-Photoshop instinct toward creating black or whited-out backgrounds

maybe an easter basket

Edward J. Brown's 1878 Reader, with Drawings hand thrown plate my very favorite I've foundI could spend way too many hours opening old schoolbooks in search of drawings and have to stop myself, but finding one's like this makes it hard! The book is "The Normal Fourth Reader" published in 1878, and my guess is that Edward J. Brown was its first owner as his name is all over it, included ink stamped in two places, so I'd think the drawings date to around then. And, found in Hampton, NH, where Brown lived, it seems that it never left home! 7