Drawings, illustrations from 1889 from “Doings of the Grasshoppers,” an unpublished book written by Lillian C. Davids. Taken from a current Swann Auctions Galleries catalog.

Drawings and sketches 1 Minute
"The North Pole Expedition." ca. 1880.
“The North Pole Expedition.” ca. 1880. Ink, watercolor, and wash on paper, with metallic paint and hand-lettering. Initialed on lower left. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/LILLIAN-C.-DAVIDS.-‘Doings-of-the-Grasshoppers.-The-North-Po-2526++++++63+-++766499
"Victims of Malaria." Illustration 1.
“Victims of Malaria.” Illustration 1. ca. 1880. Ink, watercolor, and wash on paper, with metallic paint and hand-lettering. Initialed on lower left. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/CHILDREN’S-VICTORIAN-LILLIAN-C.-DAVIDS.-‘Doings-of-the-Grass-2526++++++64+-++766500
"Victims of Malaria." Illustration 2.
“Victims of Malaria.” Illustration 2. ca. 1880. Ink, watercolor, and wash on paper, with metallic paint and hand-lettering. Initialed on lower left. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/CHILDREN’S-VICTORIAN-LILLIAN-C.-DAVIDS.-‘Doings-of-the-Grass-2526++++++64+-++766500
"Victims of Malaria." Illustration 3.
“Victims of Malaria.” Illustration 3. ca. 1880. Ink, watercolor, and wash on paper, with metallic paint and hand-lettering. Initialed on lower left. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/CHILDREN’S-VICTORIAN-LILLIAN-C.-DAVIDS.-‘Doings-of-the-Grass-2526++++++64+-++766500
"North Pole Expedition with poem and polar bear.
“North Pole Expedition” with poem and polar bear. Illustration 2. ca. 1880. Ink, watercolor, and wash on paper, with metallic paint and hand-lettering. Initialed on lower left. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot-detail/LILLIAN-C.-DAVIDS.-Doings-of-the-Grasshoppers.-The-Nor/?salelot=2526++++++63+&refno=766499&image=2
"The Coasters." Illustration 1.
“The Coasters.” Illustration 1. ca. 1880. Ink, watercolor, and wash on paper, with metallic paint and hand-lettering. Initialed on lower left. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/CHILDREN’S-VICTORIAN-LILLIAN-C.-DAVIDS.-‘Doings-of-the-Grass-2526++++++65+-++766402
"The Coasters." Illustration 2.
“The Coasters.” Illustration 2. ca. 1880. Ink, watercolor, and wash on paper, with metallic paint and hand-lettering. Initialed on lower left. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/CHILDREN’S-VICTORIAN-LILLIAN-C.-DAVIDS.-‘Doings-of-the-Grass-2526++++++65+-++766402
"The Coasters." Illustration 3.
“The Coasters.” Illustration 3. ca. 1880. Ink, watercolor, and wash on paper, with metallic paint and hand-lettering. Initialed on lower left. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/CHILDREN’S-VICTORIAN-LILLIAN-C.-DAVIDS.-‘Doings-of-the-Grass-2526++++++65+-++766402

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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