Excerpt of Franklin's Remarks at 1787 Constitutional Convention, Poignant 19th C. Penmanship Exercise Japanese landscape vase and these Asiatic lilies

and these Asiatic lilies

I do wish I had a pair

Please specify with your order if you have a preference between the two

It is a carved still bank

and more and more precious

Excerpt of Franklin's Remarks at 1787 Constitutional Convention, Poignant 19th C. Penmanship Exercise Japanese landscape vase and these Asiatic liliesI purchased this one from an antiquarian book and all sorts of interesting things on paper dealer based in the Albany area, at a very good antiques show where I found not a single other thing I felt like committing to. Of course I'm always looking for beautifully executed early penmanship examples, which this very much is (look at details; what a lot of strokes of the pen on each letter! and quite a reminder of why everyone was forced to write with