Scarce Coe's New Drawing Cards No. 1, 1858, Partial Set of Nine in Lovely Original Sleeve antique crewel work of just the sort I

of just the sort I look for

including Greuby and Teco

Oil on board

because I can't resist them and because each set I come across is a little different

and leaving behind some wonderful jars and graphics

Scarce Coe's New Drawing Cards No. 1, 1858, Partial Set of Nine in Lovely Original Sleeve antique crewel work of just the sort II was sold on these just by the lovely paper sleeve encasing them, with a heart hand inked by the Ruth who once owned them to boot. They are a set of drawing cards, produced for use in schools, specifically "Coes New Drawing Lessons No 1." printed by D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1858, and described here as "A Method by which all the Members of a Large Class are taught to Draw at Once with Neatness, Uniformity, and Accuracy." (And indeed, it you've