Miniature 19th Century Graphite Studies of Three British Estates by E.T. Billhouse postcard Note: photo of painting frame

Note: photo of painting frame shows glare

Thin in places and thick in others

Edmund Squire

) Really a fabulous piece

Miniature 19th Century Graphite Studies of Three British Estates by E.T. Billhouse postcard Note: photo of painting frameIm getting really drawn into the world of 19th century English drawings, and am super charmed by these little miniature pencil drawings of three different estates done by a E. T. Billhouse in 1838. I especially love how there is lots of empty space around them, such that they feel like private little worlds unto themselves, secretly glimpsed through a scope from on far, then rendered under a magnifying glass. Really sweet. On wove (un ribbed) paper,