Fantastic Largish Graphite Drawing of Woman and Horse on Ruled Paper antique sewing machine parts case to whom another of them

to whom another of them was inscribed as a gift in 1872

Made of bone

a good many years ago for sure

and also as a reminder to keep moving forward

Fantastic Largish Graphite Drawing of Woman and Horse on Ruled Paper antique sewing machine parts case to whom another of themI think this drawing is FANTASTIC! I had the work of Pearl Blauvelt on my mind when I spotted it sold to me by a rare book seller who knew nothing about it and the intensity and changing directionality of the pencil lines animating every inch of the horse, and rider, too, reminded me of some of Blauvelt's drawings. I don't believe it is, as Blauvelts faces were quite different, but this is definitely of a different ilk than a schoolgirl horse drawing: