Trapeziums, Rectangles, Parallelograms, 19th Century Ink Perspective Study Drawing handmade box with mirror beautifully executed ink and watercolor

beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawing—one of several I purchased from a seller in Germany

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

he seems very much as if he just hopped in from the garden

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 beautifully executed ink and watercolorThis 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