Miniature 19th Century Graphite Studies of Three British Estates by E.T. Billhouse postcard resulting in a really gorgeous

resulting in a really gorgeous surface

I'm always on the hunt for good boxes

" Box measures 10 1/4" x 3 1/4" x 1 3/8"

I'm quite taken with this small painting

Edmund Squire

Miniature 19th Century Graphite Studies of Three British Estates by E.T. Billhouse postcard resulting in a really gorgeousIm getting really drawn into the world of 19th century English drawings, and am super charmed by these little miniature pencil drawings of three different estates done by a E. T. Billhouse in 1838. I especially love how there is lots of empty space around them, such that they feel like private little worlds unto themselves, secretly glimpsed through a scope from on far, then rendered under a magnifying glass. Really sweet. On wove (un ribbed) paper,