Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper vintage puppet head I've used little brass ducks

I've used little brass ducks to hold down the corners of the pages for photographing

Very good condition and nicely aged

I'd guess early-ish 20th century

with push-pin shaped fronts and split fastener type backs

Freed from his string and squeeze handle

Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper vintage puppet head I've used little brass ducksThe 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