Fine Framed Antique Graphite/Charcoal Drawing of Boy with Hat, Identified on Reverse (in German) the hangman they're just so pretty

they're just so pretty

though I did then take out a magnifier to examine most every inch of it

and I must say the vertically oriented composition with strategically arranged hanging fruits makes me wonder whether this wasn't meant as a nod to a nude torso of a woman

it looks like most of the original 5000 remain

the two through ten featuring maps of countries or regions

Fine Framed Antique Graphite/Charcoal Drawing of Boy with Hat, Identified on Reverse (in German) the hangman they're just so prettyQuite a fine small portrait of boy finely dressed for a hiking outing, hat in one hand (with its feather commanding the only use of watercolor) and walking stick in the other. In addition to its delicacy, for me it is the boy's slightly upward and sideward gaze that really makes the drawing, lending just a bit of mischievousness to his very pretty face. Very lovely. With handwritten information on reverse; it is a bit hard to read, in German I