"Me Take Yo Likeness Mitsi" Antique Drawing of Artist and Old Woman wooden vice 14”x28” (with an additional 2"

14”x28” (with an additional 2" of fringe on each end)

and the edges and interior bottoms of the interior drawers

nineteen by my count

25ʺ diameter

The splint ash visible on the bottom of the basket reveals a rainbow of hues

"Me Take Yo Likeness Mitsi" Antique Drawing of Artist and Old Woman wooden vice 14”x28” (with an additional 2"What a curious and charming old drawing! The handwritten cursive running along below the image I believe reads "Me Take You Likeness Mitsi," I assume articulating the action of the seated artist, engaged in drawing the old woman, presumably Mitsi, standing before him. A curious model she is, and what is with this giant hand she is holding out toward him, dramatically contrasting with the second little arm and hand at her side? She seems only to have