Francis Hopkinson Smith, two sketchbooks

Francis Hopkinson Smith
two sketchbooks

1874
mixed media on paper
7.25 h × 10 w in (18 × 25 cm)

Signed and dated to both examples.
Condition Report: Sketchbooks show wear commensurate with age and use including toning to sheets and some pages that have come loose from the binding. Spines are missing from both works leaving front and back covers detached.
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