Balancing: Very Charming 19th Century Four Vignette Graphite Drawing antique american primitive with just very minor surface

with just very  minor surface wear to the exterior

I believe these old flags were likely used for semaphore rather than as stand alone signal flags since they are a matching pair

with the expression on the face of the mother (best seen in digital positive) just devastating

especially of curves

which really set off the red of the boat itself

Balancing: Very Charming 19th Century Four Vignette Graphite Drawing antique american primitive with just very minor surfaceThis came out of a large c. 1870s century folio filled with all sorts of things, including a whole notebook of geometric perspective drawings, listed separately, and an assortment of handwritten notes on everything from wax flower making to casting. Included were a handful of single pages with perspective drawings and notes and then two graphite drawings of a different ilk, this and a second also listed, each featuring four related vignettes; here it