#16 Escuela Nacional de Niñas No 45-B, Madrid. [conejera, José Asenjo]

Pencil lines on aged paper bring an unexpected visitor into the schoolroom: a Mickey-like figure, drawn large and lively, with rounded ears, gloved hands, and a playful stance. Behind the character, a few simple tree shapes suggest an outdoor scene, while a tiny insect near the bottom edge adds a child’s eye for small details. The title anchors the work to Madrid and to the Escuela Nacional de Niñas No 45-B, turning a casual sketch into a trace of everyday classroom culture.

A clear circular stamp in the upper right—reading “ESCUELA NACIONAL DE NIÑAS N.º 45-B MADRID”—functions like an official seal of context, preserving where this sheet once belonged. At the lower right, the handwritten “José Asenjo” signature personalizes the page, hinting at pride in authorship and the school practice of signing completed work. The mix of institutional marking and imaginative drawing captures a moment when formal education and popular character imagery overlapped.

For readers interested in Spanish educational history, children’s art, or archival ephemera from Madrid, this piece offers more than a cute figure: it reflects materials, habits, and visual references circulating in a girls’ national school. The restrained shading and confident outlines suggest a quick, practiced hand, while the stamped identification provides strong provenance for cataloging and research. As an “artworks” entry, it also works beautifully as a WordPress feature image for posts on historic school life, student creativity, and the small artifacts that survive from the past.