Trapeziums, Rectangles, Parallelograms, 19th Century Ink Perspective Study Drawing handmade box with mirror beautifully executed ink and watercolor

beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawing—one of several I purchased from a seller in Germany

I love an old plumb just as an object (and they also always make me think of the model of French physicist J

he seems very much as if he just hopped in from the garden

Such a striking portrait on this lacquered papier-mache snuff box lid

and the perfect green painted top edge the top to make it pop

Trapeziums, Rectangles, Parallelograms, 19th Century Ink Perspective Study Drawing handmade box with mirror beautifully executed ink and watercolorThis was loose among a larger lot of 19th century perspective drawings, including a full notebook (listed a few weeks ago and still available as of this writing.) I find this one quite satisfying in a stand alone way for the combination of structures, and maybe especially the combination of free standing and hanging signs. And the descriptive titles "The square, the parallelogram, rectangle"; "Trapeziums, Rectangles, Parallelograms," sound like poems