19th C. Art School Anatomy Lessons, 90+ Packed Pages Ink Drawings and Handwriten Textbooks letter with drawing with black painted shoes that

with black painted shoes that just peek out below the belly of the mule (I assume) on the reverse side

painting itself measures 15" x 11 7/8"

This is a wonderful copy and feels like quite a special thing to hold in your hands

A&P's decline began in the early 1950s

I am not sure I'd try to remove it

19th C. Art School Anatomy Lessons, 90+ Packed Pages Ink Drawings and Handwriten Textbooks letter with drawing with black painted shoes thatI purchased this one on Ebay, based on a few images that made me think it might be quite a thing, and indeed it is! With nearly 100 oversized pages packed with ink drawn illustrations and dense hand written text, it was the work of a "HPB" ( monogrammed at bottom right on every page), a student of art at academy I believe, and covers a wide scope of human anatomy and physiognomy, etc. Clearly he (I presume) was referencing (probably carefully copying)