Miss Brown + Mr Nester Antique Folk Art Pencil Drawing antique sampler 1862—the second year of the

1862—the second year of the Civil War—convened 16 people at his Dorchester home to unite themselves into what they called an “unsectarian Church of Jesus Christ”

with just a bit of tearing to the paper label in a few spots

Both measure 5" in diameter

and are great just treated as blocks spread out on a tabletop for making free form designs

with one end tucking into the other where they meet at the center of one side

Miss Brown + Mr Nester Antique Folk Art Pencil Drawing antique sampler 1862—the second year of theA little drawing, cut from an old scrapbook I believe, but one of my very favorites ever! I can just imagine it's maker carefully observing the courtship of Miss Brown and Mr. Nester (or Wester?) from a distance, then making this this sketch, with "Good Evening My Dear" wonderfully scrawled down one side. And what a pair, between her fabulous starry dress to his hat and bow tie and what one guesses is a handkerchief in one hand and her standing on a