Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk east boston and hand-painted

and hand-painted

what I especially love about the horse and figure both are all of the different postures they can be manipulated into

I might frame them up more or less as arranged in photos and just find them super satisfying to look at--though they could definitely get dressed up and played with first

To me this tintype in beautiful and rare embossed brass tintype frame looks like just about the best Valentine ever

Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk east boston and hand-paintedSo many different penmanship practice notebooks to enjoy for different reasons. This one was all about mastering individual letters and the proper slant of them, hence a whole page of "oo"s (finally becoming a whole page of "noon"s) and "aa"s,"cc"s "vv"s, etc., reading like fields of abstract mark making, which I find quite beautiful. And "ruin" repeated a hundred or so times feels especially poignant. 24 p + cover : 5 3 4" x 7". Good condition, with