1891 Signed Spencerian Pen and Ink Drawing of Two Birds wooden deer letter stencils

letter stencils

and I would think late 19th or early 20th century

smiling guy is a Native American Pueblo kachina doll from the Southwest US

but it feels special

typically accompanied by a gamelan orchestra

1891 Signed Spencerian Pen and Ink Drawing of Two Birds wooden deer letter stencilsIt is hard to imagine a time when people learned how to make calligraphic drawings like this as a matter of course; just amazing. Originally used as an exercise to train students to perfect their handwriting, "Spencerian" steel pen drawings provided an diversion from the more repetitive practice of writing alphabets. Calligraphic drawing also gave the accomplished scribe a means of showing his or her ability and gave penmanship masters a way to