Chas. Frey 1898 Lancaster PA Drawing Book with Excellent Graphics antique steel mold I don't know that the

I don't know that the artist--it is signed Elysik--was a great painter

I spotted this beauty from across the room and made a bee-line for her

The illustrative surface design

I find the hand-painted black against cream "Compositio" lettering on the front of this antique tin just about as good as it gets

Chas. Frey 1898 Lancaster PA Drawing Book with Excellent Graphics antique steel mold I don't know that theThis drawing instruction book was published in 1889 in Lancaster, PA by Charles H. Frey, a Lancaster PA boot and shoe merchant, and includes instructions for a mail in drawing contest at back. I love old drawing instruction books which are also useful in providing something of a source key to naive drawings that show up in other places and really love the graphicness of line drawings against black ground here. Plus a sweet inscription from Elizabeth