Featured old signed dutch dress drawing

hi folks

something i found today in my friends house clearance shop
quite small and pencil drawn
drawn on laid paper
states 19c dutch dress on reverse
cant quite make out signature
found amongst other paper type things, unframed

any thoughts or info appreciated

 

wonder what shes being told or told off about

 

Very nice, charlie, but neither dresses or hats are Dutch. I would guess French or Belgian.

 

Probably not told off, maybe "boys are only after one thing". (This brought joy to the young maiden's heart.)

 

As for the signature, I see
C L H Hartwell

 

Me, too.

 

awesome thanks for the info and insight Aj.
the warning woman looks a bit like a man herself !, a bit like ted danson

 

Maybe she is Theodora Danson, Dora to her friends.

 

I think the signature may be C. L. H. and then artist added his full name. Long shot but... Try Charles Leonard Hartwell.

Debora

 

Not sure about that laid paper. Is the drawing on a sheet mounted to another sheet? Are you showing the texture of the paper that has the drawing, or the texture of a backing sheet?

 

thanks for the info deb, will look into that

 

hi mos, not sure ill check, its definitely mounted on a separate piece though

 

hard to tell as its stuck down and being double layoured you cant see through the drawing part as well, think i can see lines though, will get a photo done

 

Quite decent little sketch.Ted Danson-a story board from 'Cheers' ?.

 

i think your right that they are 2 different types of paper, just presumed that they were both the same

drawing paper is much thicker

 

Just looked at Charles Leonard Hartwell signature from a letter he wrote in 1921 ( in Getty Research Institute ) and IMO not the same as on drawing,actually very different.Also could find no drawings by him on line.

 

Thanks for checking that out though mate, I appreciate the effort

 

Thanks for checking Hartwell signature. He was trained as a sculptor so longest of long shots.

Debora

 

Their hands are poorly drawn. I almost feel like I've seen this painting before so I'm thinking it's a student copy of a painting.

 

That older lady really looks like a man to me (face and square hands) Maybe: Please don’t tell your mother I like to dress-up