Marvelous 19th C Ink + Watercolor Drawing Illustrating Gridding and Perspective nautical I know they were found

I know they were found at an estate in South Carolina

presumed mid- to late-19th century

Read Strong's full bio here

but I think it still looks pretty great

Very good vintage condition

Marvelous 19th C Ink + Watercolor Drawing Illustrating Gridding and Perspective nautical I know they were foundIt was pure delight to find this drawing, wonderfully illustrating how to "enlarge or diminish by means of a square," and then one point perspective, with eye of the scope held by our heroine serving as the vanishing point. I really love that even as they illustrate systematic scaling up or down of a particular image, the two gridded women have entirely different sorts of faces (though they share the same fabulous gown). And then this fabulous all