Early Victorian Watercolor and Pencil Sketches of Girls with Ringlets wool rug The wood shows some age

The wood shows some age and wear

and then that bee flying over water lilies on one of the spice containers

2" long x 1

This is a striking signed and numbered wood engraving printed in black ink on cream  paper by renowned printmaker Clare Leighton (1899-1989)

Early Victorian Watercolor and Pencil Sketches of Girls with Ringlets wool rug The wood shows some ageI love the juxtaposition of these multiples profile views of young women, who I think quite charmed the artist as he sketched them nearly 200 years ago. I am not certain if this flurry of ringleted girls the style of the day include a few different takes on "Jane," who is named below another drawing in ink on the reverse side, or are all different, but a lovely small double sided drawing I think they together make! This drawing came from a collection