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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
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Campion, G
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Farrar, Thomas Lister, 1836–
1
Holloway, George, fl. 1837–1839
1
Jones, William, writing master
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Langton, John, active 1700–1727
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Massey, W. (William), 1691–1764?
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Milns, William, 1761–1801
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Needham, James
1
Norman, Charles
1
Pease family
1
Reynolds, I. (Writer on handwriting)
1
Rowe, Richard, fl. 1797
1
Schreuer, J
1
Shaylor, H. W. (Horace Woodbury), 1845–1925
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Watson, Mary Grace, 1786–1853
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1887
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Books
13
Archives & Manuscripts
7
Articles & Chapters
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unknown
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19th century
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18th century
8
20th century
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writing book
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copy books (penmanship)
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penmanship specimen book
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exercise books (penmanship)
3
watercolor
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calligraphy (visual works)
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exercise book
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alphabet book
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alphabets (primers)
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botanical illustration
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children's art
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diagram
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drawing book
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engraving
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graphite drawing
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ink drawing
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juvenilia
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landscape drawing
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lithograph
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map
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Penmanship -- Study and teaching.
15
Children -- Conduct of life.
4
Calligraphy -- Great Britain.
2
Copybooks -- Specimens.
2
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
2
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
2
Penmanship -- Study and teaching
2
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744.
2
School notebooks -- Great Britain.
2
Alphabet -- Early works to 1800.
1
Alphabets -- Early works to 1800.
1
Art, Amateur -- Great Britain.
1
Autographs -- Specimens.
1
Bickham, G. -- Publisher.
1
Brook, Sarah Watson -- Autograph, 1774
1
Building -- Mathematics.
1
Business -- Early works to 1800.
1
Calligraphers -- Early works to 1800.
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Calligraphers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Calligraphy -- Early works to 1800.
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19th century
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17th century
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Great Britain
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England
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London
2
Frodsham
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Germany
1
Marske-by-the-Sea (England)
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Scotland
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Switzerland
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Yorkshire (England)
1
Associated People
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
2
De Britaine, William
1
Dilworth, Thomas, -1780
1
Dryden, John, 1631–1700
1
Farrar, Thomas Lister, 1836–
1
Gay, John, 1685–1732
1
Gurney, Emma, approximately 1800–1860
1
Holloway, George, fl. 1837–1839
1
Jones, William
1
Milles, Mary Elizabeth, 1767–1818
1
Murray, Lindley, 1745–1826
1
Needham, James
1
Norman, Charles
1
Palmer, Grace, -1890
1
Pease family
1
Pease, Edward Lloyd, 1861–1934
1
Pease, Edward, 1767–1858
1
Pease, Elizabeth Lucy, 1833–1881
1
Pease, Emma Gurney, approximately 1830–1895
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Pease, Francis Richard, 1844–1865
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Exhibition History
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
2
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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English
20
German
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Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
Penmanship in its utmost beauty and extent
1731
2
Schreuer, J
Blaetter um die Englische text Hand zu erlernen und mit einer kurzen Anleitung zum Selbstunterricht herausgegeben
[183-?]
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Holloway, George, fl. 1837–1839
Writing exercise books
1837-1839
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Shaylor, H. W. (Horace Woodbury), 1845–1925
Harper's new graded copy books of practical penmanship
1887
5
Langton, John, active 1700–1727
A new copy-book of the small Italian hand
[1727?]
6
Farrar, Thomas Lister, 1836–
Plane trigonometry,
1850-1851
7
American standard writing spellers
1881
8
Massey, W. (William), 1691–1764?
The origin and progress of letters
1763
9
Watson, Mary Grace, 1786–1853
Manuscript copy of Richard Turner's A view of the earth : a short system of modern geography
1798
10
The ornamental penman and arithmetical title writer
1825
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Jones, William, writing master
Poikilographia, or, Various specimens of ornamental penmanship
[1830?]
12
Campion, G
Introduction to ornamental writing
[1830?]
13
Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
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Rowe, Richard, fl. 1797
Calligraphy exercise book
1797
15
Norman, Charles
Specimens of writing
1832
16
Reynolds, I. (Writer on handwriting)
A new set of round hand copies
[between 1836 and 1864]
17
Laurie's standard copy books
[1877]
18
Milns, William, 1761–1801
The penman's repository
[1787]
19
Needham, James
Specimens written by James Needham at Heaton Norris School, midsummer, 1847
1847-1848
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Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
The universal penman;
1743
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Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
The museum of arts
1745?]