Antique "Suggestions for Costumes" Graphite and Watercolor Drawing #1 rainbow colored xylophone and these marvelously painterly black

and these marvelously painterly black spots all over

My guess is that this set of 15 old stereographic drawings were a class assignment: most of them are signed

Bees fly in a straight line when returning to their hives—a bee line—thus leading the beekeeper to the bounty

so probably best just for the shelf

but in either case a pretty excellent one I think

Antique "Suggestions for Costumes" Graphite and Watercolor Drawing #1 rainbow colored xylophone and these marvelously painterly blackI found this and a second watercolor of the same family together, but am listing separately as I think they stand very nicely on their own. (I do actually think they were done by two different people tasked with the same assignment.) Based on the penciled note at top and list of individuals at bottom, clearly the watercolors portray proposed costumes for members of the Brown family in a play though what play I am not sure. (The only think I turned up