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Penmanship or the Beauties of Writing Exemplified in a Variety of Specimens

D.A. Bridges

Penmanship or the Beauties of Writing Exemplified in a Variety of Specimens

1800

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D.A. Bridges

Penmanship or the Beauties of Writing Exemplified in a Variety of Specimens

1800

Physical Qualities Pen and colored ink, Sheet: 380 x 481 mm. (14 15/16 x 18 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, New York
Object Number 1972.78.5
Purchased from Clifton Blake, 3/4/49 by donors (Garbisch Collection no. 49-147)
BMA, "American Folk Art on Paper," 29 May - 29 July, 1984.

Inscribed: Lower center in black ink "PENMANSHIP / or the / Beauties of Writing / EXEMPLIFIED in a variety of SPECIMENS" Lower right in brown ink "By D. A. Bridges, Wilton, N.H."

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