19th C. Graphite Drawing, Man On Path Through Dense Woods, Durham CT 18th century bookplate Gilt brass with black enamel

Gilt brass with black enamel

but I love the form

It features beautiful Spencerian + Fraktur headers throughout plus tons of geometric diagrams carefully drawn with compass and ruler

with initials carved into the wood on one side

keen and steady and perhaps a bit smug about some wise investments

19th C. Graphite Drawing, Man On Path Through Dense Woods, Durham CT 18th century bookplate Gilt brass with black enamelI love the feeling of wildness in this late 19th c. graphite drawing, making the march ahead for our man with cane iseem like a long and arduous one. But one can see a little house and maybe a church with steeple too on the far horizon, beckoning, and so he sets forth. Feels like a metaphor for all of life to me, though I also like the specificity of "Durham CT" declared at the bottom. And on the reverse, simply "23 years." 10 1 4 x 7 5 8 and in good