Harriet's 1836 Penmanship Notebook Turned 1839-40 Scrapbook 1950s pinup drawing " The chair in this

" The chair in this watercolor looks a bit like it

7 3/4" in diameter x 2 1/4" tall

and nice long handle

and the variations in form from one to the next

Harriet's 1836 Penmanship Notebook Turned 1839-40 Scrapbook 1950s pinup drawing " The chair in thisOn one hand I'm sad to see much of the beautiful penmanship in this 1836 notebook covered up, but on the other hand I love its having been repurposed as a scrapbook a few years later including for how that reminds use that perfect penmanship was nothing special! Lots of layers of information embedded here, with rich juxtapositions both content wise and formally; I really love the push and pull between pasted down bits of printed text and the hand