Ultra Scarce 1818 Edition, H. Williams' Elements of Drawing, Copper Engravings on Laid (Three Plates Lost) terracotta sculpture and it's just right for

and it's just right for setting off the pale skinned

3 1/16" l x 3/4" in diameter

You know I love an old wooden rainbow colored stacking toy

I would guess he dates from the earlyish 20th century

Ultra Scarce 1818 Edition, H. Williams' Elements of Drawing, Copper Engravings on Laid (Three Plates Lost) terracotta sculpture and it's just right forThe only other copies I can find of such an early edition of Henry Williams' Elements of Drawing are in museum and special library collections. William's method was a highly influential and widely adopted one though one not infrequently sees old charcoal and graphite drawings done by students in academy following the instruction on these very pages. And in fact it was fairly recently reprinted by Windham press available in paper back or as an e book!