Immortality...Immateriality, Perfectly Poignant 19th Century Penmanship Practice Page early portrait miniature and several drawings done after

and several drawings done after political cartoons of the 19th c

but never one from the 18th century

whose estate the dealer handles

sliding easily and holding tightly in place

(displayed to great effect as they hold this ambiguous stick

Immortality...Immateriality, Perfectly Poignant 19th Century Penmanship Practice Page early portrait miniature and several drawings done afterYou know I love penmanship practice notebooks of many sorts, and I don't ever break them up but this single page I found alone, and is a perfect found object as far as I am concerned: what could be more poignant than the pairing of "Immortality" and "Immateriality" written many times over? A pure (and rather existential feeling) found poem, which one might interpret resolve in any number of ways depending on one's disposition. And with Horticulture