Lucy Jones' Mid 19th C. Sketchbooks (2) Filled with Graphite Drawings small watercolors the late hour of the

the late hour of the church clock

though as noted these are not perfect cubes

Believed to bring good luck

I think it is a very beautiful  thing

Lucy Jones' Mid 19th C. Sketchbooks (2) Filled with Graphite Drawings small watercolors the late hour of theThis is quite a trove two 19th c. marble covered sketchbooks filled (every single page) with graphite drawings by a Lucy Jones, along with a hand written (undated) obituary tucked into one of them, which describes Lucy as a school teacher with a "cunning hand" in "housewifery, needlework, drawing and painting, flower culture and in many other occupations requiring taste and patience and skill of eye and touch." One of the sketchbooks shows Lucy