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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
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Langton, John, active 1700–1727
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Massey, W. (William), 1691–1764?
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Morphett, John
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Rowe, Richard, fl. 1797
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Watson, Mary Grace, 1786–1853
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
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unknown
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18th century
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writing book
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copy books (penmanship)
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calligraphy (visual works)
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penmanship specimen book
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watercolor
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engraving
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exercise book
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exercise books (penmanship)
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ink drawing
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map
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wash drawing
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Penmanship -- Study and teaching.
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Alphabet -- Early works to 1800.
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Bickham, G. -- Publisher.
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Brook, Sarah Watson -- Autograph, 1774
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Business -- Early works to 1800.
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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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Children -- Conduct of life.
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Commercial correspondence.
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De Britaine, William.
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Dilworth, Thomas, -1780.
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Drawing -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- 18th century.
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Dryden, John, 1631–1700.
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English literature -- 17th century.
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English literature -- 18th century.
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Engraving -- Specimens -- 1731.
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Engraving -- Specimens -- 1763.
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Engraving -- Specimens.
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Gay, John, 1685–1732.
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17th century
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19th century
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Great Britain
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England
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London
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De Britaine, William
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Dilworth, Thomas, -1780
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Dryden, John, 1631–1700
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
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Milles, Mary Elizabeth, 1767–1818
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Morphett, John
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Palmer, Grace, -1890
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Pomfret, John, 1667–1702
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Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
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Rowe, Richard, fl. 1797
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Watson, Mary Grace, 1786–1853
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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)
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Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
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English
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Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
Penmanship in its utmost beauty and extent
1731
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Rowe, Richard, fl. 1797
Calligraphy exercise book
1797
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Watson, Mary Grace, 1786–1853
Manuscript copy of Richard Turner's A view of the earth : a short system of modern geography
1798
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Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
The museum of arts
1745?]
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Massey, W. (William), 1691–1764?
The origin and progress of letters
1763
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Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
The universal penman;
1743
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Morphett, John
John Morphett drawing and writing exercise book
1799
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Langton, John, active 1700–1727
A new copy-book of the small Italian hand
[1727?]