I can't find another one anywhere out there exactly like this one
though I find it a bit hard to tell exactly how it's surface came to be--and the sides and back are something else as well
Made by Wittnauer (founded by New York based Swiss immigrant Albert Wittnauer in the late 19th c
which for me is all about the torque of the head
and much of the tail is lost
Scarce Coe's New Drawing Cards No. 1, 1858, Partial Set of Nine in Lovely Original Sleeve indian bull I can't find another oneI was sold on these just by the lovely paper sleeve encasing them, with a heart hand inked by the Ruth who once owned them to boot. They are a set of drawing cards, produced for use in schools, specifically "Coes New Drawing Lessons No 1." printed by D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1858, and described here as "A Method by which all the Members of a Large Class are taught to Draw at Once with Neatness, Uniformity, and Accuracy." (And indeed, it you've