I put them in this old slide lid box--a larger box than they need
I can't find another one anywhere out there exactly like this one
And what appears to be the draft of a letter to a Mrs
which for me is all about the torque of the head
with general smudging/soiling and unevenness to the top edge
Scarce Coe's New Drawing Cards No. 1, 1858, Partial Set of Nine in Lovely Original Sleeve indian bull I put them in thisI was sold on these just by the lovely paper sleeve encasing them, with a heart hand inked by the Ruth who once owned them to boot. They are a set of drawing cards, produced for use in schools, specifically "Coes New Drawing Lessons No 1." printed by D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1858, and described here as "A Method by which all the Members of a Large Class are taught to Draw at Once with Neatness, Uniformity, and Accuracy." (And indeed, it you've