19th C. Double-Sided Naive Graphite & Crayon Drawing: Girl and Deer, Flowers bird woman Black ink over pencil

Black ink over pencil

which this appears to be

and the aces in each suit

The little street sign to behind it to the right reads Bar Le Duc

where one could turn the boat in a different direction daily based on a fantasy destination

19th C. Double-Sided Naive Graphite & Crayon Drawing: Girl and Deer, Flowers bird woman Black ink over pencilThis is one of a handful of drawings I'm listing by the same (surely quite young) maker, found together in an old notebook already partially disassembled so I went ahead and separated them all. I'd guess 1860s or 70s or so, and all quite wonderful, with the people and animals especially soulful this girl and deer a perfect case in point! but the flowers on reverse really quite full of life too! Crayon was used fairly sparingly in these, making the