SOLD Scarce and Excellent Shepherd's New Slate Desk with Complete Set of Double-sided Inserts for Copying, c. 1870s artwork Painting is in good condition

Painting is in good condition with a bit of paint loss at far right

and certainly do this one--a watchtower with windows on all sides (one might think of it as a surveillance station) flying an American flag

and then this wonderful little watercolor with quiver of feathered arrows crossed with flaming torch

as well as very painterly installations of barrels in alleys

including if one’s valentine in their beloved animal companion

SOLD Scarce and Excellent Shepherd's New Slate Desk with Complete Set of Double-sided Inserts for Copying, c. 1870s artwork Painting is in good conditionI've had one or two of these over the years but they're pretty scarce and always get me excited and this one with its complete original set of inserts, and the ribbon, which sits under them on the right side and functions to release them when pulled, still in very good tact. There were a few different iterations of these, designed by Charles C. Shepherd of Passaic, New Jersey and New York for use in school drawing and penmanship lessons. With a wedge