Charles Goodrich's Stellar 1862 Penmanship Practice Notebook father and would guess if anything

and would guess if anything it was trout flies they held

darker on one side toward the tail

lending the painting a bit of extra aura and moodiness

so a liner or a smaller vessel set inside would be needed

with a little discoloration/staining to the paint on one side

Charles Goodrich's Stellar 1862 Penmanship Practice Notebook father and would guess if anythingI've bought and sold a lot of penmanship notebooks, but I don't think I've ever found one written (by a Charles Goodrich in 1862) in such a strong and confident hand as this one. I love these not just for the beauty of the penmanship itself, but for the poetry and potency of the words transcribed, and the extra weight imparted to them through repetition. Among my favorites here: transmutation, omnipresence, immeasurable, uncommunicated, and