Horatio Crane Penmanship + Math Notebook, 1816, Boston MA dragon nutcracker And then her blushing face

And then her blushing face seems straight out of a John Currin painting

but it is very faint and I am unable to read it

used for the bushes/trees and ivy

which I think just add to the effect

Horatio Crane Penmanship + Math Notebook, 1816, Boston MA dragon nutcracker And then her blushing faceHoratio Crane (October 26, 1803 February 20, 1894), who kept this large penmanship and math notebook in 1816, was the son Abijah Crane Jr. (August 24, 1777 Mar. 1, 1854), the author of two other notebooks I just listed, who was himself to the son of Abijah Crane (1741 1817), who served a revolutionary soldier of MA and was a member of the Boston Tea Party. Kind of amazing that these have endured, and I really love how the phrases, as well as the math