Antique Book Project - Portraits

Each in a bit of a different spirit from the others and their own flight of fancy, these portraits are characters who cropped up in the process of drawing my way through this book.

Saved from being discarded when my grandparents downsized their home, these pages are from a book that appears to have been a college text for a great-great-great-grandmother. I've long been intrigued by the aesthetic of book art, and coming across this book gave me an opportunity to turn something no longer valued into something new and beautiful.

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Approximately 4.75 x 7.25 in.

Pen and ink on antique book paper.
Unframed originals.