Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village - 2 of 2 Zanfirico a rare and tremendously charming

a rare and tremendously charming piece with a fantastic presence

At some point it must have been a thing to repurpose old wooden spools this way

Here is fun double deck set of “Godey’s Ladies” cards

screwed into the doorstop itself

It is signed 683 Italy in yellow-orange on the bottom

Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village - 2 of 2 Zanfirico a rare and tremendously charmingI'm really smitten with this sweet little "naive" pencil drawing of a hillside village, one of two in the shop that came from a larger collection of drawings executed by the artist on a Grand Tour encompassing Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Norway. I love everything about it, especially the way the various structures are spaced out and snuggled together, with that great drop downhill at the far right It was done in the 1880s, about the same time that