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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
2
Campion, G
1
Foster, Vere, 1819–1900
1
Goffin, Alfred, 1819?-1898
1
Holmden, Richard, 1813–1890
1
Jones, William, writing master
1
Langton, John, active 1700–1727
1
Massey, W. (William), 1691–1764?
1
Morphett, John
1
Reynolds, I. (Writer on handwriting)
1
Rowe, Richard, fl. 1797
1
Shaylor, H. W. (Horace Woodbury), 1845–1925
1
Shepherd, Charles C
1
Smith, Henry D
1
Watson, Mary Grace, 1786–1853
1
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1727
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1890
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Classification
Books
12
Archives & Manuscripts
5
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
5
Articles & Chapters
1
Creator Gender
unknown
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Period
19th century
16
18th century
7
Work Type
writing book
13
copy books (penmanship)
8
blackboard slate
5
calligraphy (visual works)
4
penmanship specimen book
4
watercolor
4
artists' tool
3
exercise books (penmanship)
3
drawing book
2
ink drawing
2
map
2
alphabets (primers)
1
engraving
1
exercise book
1
lithograph
1
manuscript map
1
maxim
1
pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
1
wash drawing
1
wood engraving
1
Subject Terms
Penmanship -- Study and teaching.
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Children -- Conduct of life.
3
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
3
Penmanship.
3
Calligraphy -- Great Britain.
2
Copybooks -- Specimens.
2
Copybooks.
2
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
2
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
2
Thomas, Julia -- Autograph.
2
Alphabet -- Early works to 1800.
1
Autographs -- Specimens.
1
Brook, Sarah Watson -- Autograph, 1774
1
Business -- Early works to 1800.
1
Butterflies.
1
Calligraphers -- Early works to 1800.
1
Calligraphers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
1
Calligraphy -- Early works to 1800.
1
Calligraphy.
1
Commercial correspondence.
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Subject Period
19th century
3
17th century
1
18th century
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
6
Cumberland (England)
1
Dublin
1
Edinburgh
1
England
1
Frodsham
1
Glasgow
1
Kent (England)
1
London
1
Middlesex (England)
1
Spain
1
Westmorland (England)
1
Associated People
De Britaine, William
1
Dilworth, Thomas, -1780
1
Dryden, John, 1631–1700
1
Gay, John, 1685–1732
1
Goffin, Alfred, 1819?-1898
1
Goffin, Robert, 1816?-1889
1
Jones, William
1
Milles, Mary Elizabeth, 1767–1818
1
Morphett, John
1
Palmer, Grace, -1890
1
Pomfret, John, 1667–1702
1
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
1
Rowe, Richard, fl. 1797
1
Watson, Mary Grace, 1786–1853
1
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)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ken Spelman Books
1
Language
English
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Smith, Henry D
Ladies' running hand
[between 1841 and 1851]
2
Drawing and writing slate
[between 1850 and 1900]
3
Rowe, Richard, fl. 1797
Calligraphy exercise book
1797
4
Shepherd, Charles C
Shepherd's portable slate desk
[1877?]
5
Drawing slates,
circa 1830
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Drawing and writing slate
[between 1850 and 1900]
7
Jones, William, writing master
Poikilographia, or, Various specimens of ornamental penmanship
[1830?]
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Goffin, Alfred, 1819?-1898
Writing exercise books
9
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
The museum of arts
1745?]
10
Campion, G
Introduction to ornamental writing
[1830?]
11
Reynolds, I. (Writer on handwriting)
A new set of round hand copies
[between 1836 and 1864]
12
Laurie's standard copy books
[1877]
13
American standard writing spellers
1881
14
Massey, W. (William), 1691–1764?
The origin and progress of letters
1763
15
The ornamental penman and arithmetical title writer
1825
16
Drawing slates,
1830s?
17
Foster, Vere, 1819–1900
Vere Foster's new copy-books
[approximately 1890]
18
Watson, Mary Grace, 1786–1853
Manuscript copy of Richard Turner's A view of the earth : a short system of modern geography
1798
19
Holmden, Richard, 1813–1890
Specimens of penmanship
Christmas, 1825
20
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
The universal penman;
1743
21
Shaylor, H. W. (Horace Woodbury), 1845–1925
Harper's new graded copy books of practical penmanship
1887
22
Morphett, John
John Morphett drawing and writing exercise book
1799
23
Langton, John, active 1700–1727
A new copy-book of the small Italian hand
[1727?]