Section of 19th C. Penmanship Notebook with Block Letter and Calligraphic Alphabets keep out 11 3/4" l x 4

11 3/4" l x 4 3/4" w x 3/8" d

who I think quite charmed the artist as he sketched them nearly 200 years ago

and in great

especially antique miniature watercolored ones--such beautiful

and which I understand referenced life and death

Section of 19th C. Penmanship Notebook with Block Letter and Calligraphic Alphabets keep out 11 3/4" l x 4What I especially love about this partial 19th century penmanship notebook is how modern the hand drawn block letter alphabets seem, especially in contrast with the beautifully executed Spencerian calligraphy on other pages as if the former descended from another time and place entirely! I also really love the interplay of the lettering and the printed grids of the paper. I'd be pretty tempted to frame up one or two of these. 13 1 4" x 8 3 8". Four