"Me Take Yo Likeness Mitsi" Antique Drawing of Artist and Old Woman serape and red with some print

and red with some print on it for the tail

Such a luscious vase

packing in trees

including yourself

19th century I would guess

"Me Take Yo Likeness Mitsi" Antique Drawing of Artist and Old Woman serape and red with some printWhat a curious and charming old drawing! The handwritten cursive running along below the image I believe reads "Me Take You Likeness Mitsi," I assume articulating the action of the seated artist, engaged in drawing the old woman, presumably Mitsi, standing before him. A curious model she is, and what is with this giant hand she is holding out toward him, dramatically contrasting with the second little arm and hand at her side? She seems only to have