Knowles & Maxim 1881 "Real Pen Work" Spencerian Penmanship Instruction Book ash splint basket As I just ate my

As I just ate my first freshly picked strawberry of the season

I purchased these drawings from a dealer in Romania and was not quite certain what to expect

already pretty intense

I guess the end/shoulder of an old tool

but I haven't been able to figure out their maker

Knowles & Maxim 1881 "Real Pen Work" Spencerian Penmanship Instruction Book ash splint basket As I just ate myNow just might be the time to learn Spencerian penmanship, and this would be the ultimate guide to doing so! I've come across a few different soft covered pen work instruction guides, but this seems to be the mother of them all, including examples of elaborate Spencerian drawings of lions and eagles and Diana riding a stag which clearly spurred larger versions of the same. Plus fantastic alphabets, designs for autograph albums, instructions for making