Annie Darragh, The Elder Sister, 19th C. Ink Drawing with SeeSawing Children on Reverse cast hand this one with a more

this one with a more dense and saturated concentration of elongated triangular forms

1860s-70s I believe and quite a rare one

or another creature following close on his heels

and a small crease at the bottom of the page below her right foot

I think the faces are pretty great whoever they are

Annie Darragh, The Elder Sister, 19th C. Ink Drawing with SeeSawing Children on Reverse cast hand this one with a moreThe drawing of the "elder sister" book open, cross around her neck, and younger brother to either side is what first sold me on this 19th c. ink drawing, but there are more delights to be found everywhere, including those great baskets filled high with fruit, that energetically rendered tree (the source of the bounty I presume) with a little bird on a branch to the right side, and a series of scrolls announcing the drawing as the work of a young Annie