Delicate Pencil Drawing of Flowering Branches with Thorns (Hawthorn?) fruit with all of their arms

with all of their arms still very firmly attached and smoothly swinging

and is nice and tall for branches or big Asiatic lilies

Executed on natural colored paper

with a little surface scratching on a couple of the cards and light wear/aging to the brass

12 pages filled (23 fronts and backs)

Delicate Pencil Drawing of Flowering Branches with Thorns (Hawthorn?) fruit with all of their armsI believe it may be a few branches from a hawthorn tree that are the subject of this lovely old botanical drawing, the delicate white flowers of which are counterpointed by their thorny stalks. A finely done, elegant drawing in any event, which for me at least carries a bit of a larger life metaphor: watch out! 10" x 7", with a bit of unevenness to the right edge and a bit of smudging staining, mostly around the edges. Drawing is still crisp and clear