Pair of Antique Graphite Drawings on Houses on Folded Paper five million dollar My first thought

My first thought

it's pretty amazing  that a series of postal workers would see to it that a stamped shirt cuff with handwritten address would make it from New York to Philly - in the 1860s

Born in Des Moines

Sound and not fragile

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Pair of Antique Graphite Drawings on Houses on Folded Paper five million dollar My first thoughtI'm selling this these as found, two separate drawings on one folded sheet of paper, but they could be very easily divided in to two. Graphite on rag type paper, late 19th very early 20th century, I just think they're lovely and satisfying drawings that feel like portraits, precise and specific, but drawn freehand, which makes they feel warmly personal too. Paper size, as folded in half: 7" x 5 3 4". Easily cut down the middle to yield two 7" x 5 3 4"