Trapeziums, Rectangles, Parallelograms, 19th Century Ink Perspective Study Drawing handmade box with mirror I love an old plumb

I love an old plumb just as an object (and they also always make me think of the model of French physicist J

Such a striking portrait on this lacquered papier-mache snuff box lid

Or just throw them all in a bowl to look at

with one basket at his elbow and another balanced on his head

with the black ground entirely drawn in (in black pastel/charcoal)--a lot of effort

Trapeziums, Rectangles, Parallelograms, 19th Century Ink Perspective Study Drawing handmade box with mirror I love an old plumbThis was loose among a larger lot of 19th century perspective drawings, including a full notebook (listed a few weeks ago and still available as of this writing.) I find this one quite satisfying in a stand alone way for the combination of structures, and maybe especially the combination of free standing and hanging signs. And the descriptive titles "The square, the parallelogram, rectangle"; "Trapeziums, Rectangles, Parallelograms," sound like poems