Miniature 19th Century Graphite Studies of Three British Estates by E.T. Billhouse amoeba shaped I really like the size

I really like the size and relative simplicity and humility of this old tramp art frame

but an interview with Vivika Heino mentions her as being part of a workshop at UCLA

it just would not let me walk away

I have removed some of it with light rubbing

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Miniature 19th Century Graphite Studies of Three British Estates by E.T. Billhouse amoeba shaped I really like the sizeIm 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,