1910 Graphite Drawing of Fancy Woman in Huge Hat Lois Gross Smiley painting 23 3/4" wide x 17

23 3/4" wide x 17 3/4" tall

It measures 14 1/2" from top to bottom along the exterior (raw) edge

with a 3 1/4" radius at its opening

with their fine black outlines setting them off against the seascape as if in their own world entirely

with just a little paint loss to the legs on one side of the horse

1910 Graphite Drawing of Fancy Woman in Huge Hat Lois Gross Smiley painting 23 3/4" wide x 17It's the massive scale of this woman's hat that really makes this drawing for me (which, in absence of legs to sturdy her would most definitely cause her to topple!), though I love the detailing her jewelry and the flourishes on her dress too. The drawing was done on an semi translucent onion skin type paper in graphite, then carefully cut out and pasted onto card, with a red ribbon threaded through two holes at top that I believe likely bound it with