
personmirrorpaperpentablehair ribbondressgirldrawingmirrorreflectionpentablevintageillustrationeducation19th century
This is a vintage illustration depicting a young girl engaged in drawing using a mirror. She is seated at a table, leaning over a rectangular mirror that is angled upwards. She is holding a pen and appears to be tracing or copying an image reflected in the mirror onto a piece of paper placed below it. The table has a patterned surface. The girl has long hair tied back with a ribbon and is wearing a dress with ruffled sleeves. The style of the illustration suggests it is from a 19th-century educational or instructional book, as indicated by the caption 'Fig. 146. - Drawing by reflection.' The image is rendered in a detailed, cross-hatched style typical of engravings or woodcuts from that era.
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