Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper vintage puppet head 52 pages filled front and

52 pages filled front and back (104 sides

with push-pin shaped fronts and split fastener type backs

I'd guess early-ish 20th century

with light wear to the board

Very good condition and nicely aged

Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper vintage puppet head 52 pages filled front andThe Laura who signed this above the lower border does have a last name, but she wrote it with so many flourishes I find it very hard to read! She clearly liked her flourishes, seemingly adding them wherever she could, but I think she got the rose really right, with a nice wildness to the leaves furling in every direction, and a feeling of this rose as a very living thing, as if swarming with bumblebees! 8 1 8 x 5, overall good condition, with some