Pease, Henry, 1807-1881, Penmanship exercise book, 1816
- Call Number:
- MSS 6
- Creator:
- Pease, Henry, 1807-1881
- Title(s):
- Penmanship exercise book
- Date:
- 1816
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Exercise books
- Part of Collection:
- 3, folder 20
- Provenance:
- Acquired 2009, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Scope and Content:
- Contains handwriting exercises throughout, the themes of which reflect such values as hope and the precariousness of wealth. Henry Pease created this schoolbook at the age of eight or nine. He carefully signed several pages, “Henry Pease, Darlington.” All material is written in pen and black ink. It is not known what school Henry attended, and there are no instructor comments in this particular exercise book. Most likely he attended a local nonconformist school.
- Physical Description:
- 1 v. (20 p.) ; 20 x 17 cm. In paper wrappers.
- Genre:
- Exercise books (Penmanship), Exercise books, Pictorial works, Specimens. , Botanical illustrations, Children's art, Graphite drawings, Juvenilia, Landscape drawings, Sketchbooks, Travel sketches, and Watercolors (paintings)
- Subject Terms:
- Art, AmateurEducationQuakersRailroadsSchool notebooks
- Associated Places:
- EuropeGreat BritainMarske-by-the-Sea (England)ScotlandSwitzerlandYorkshire (England)
- Associated People/Groups:
- Gurney, Emma, ca. 1800-1860Hutton Hall (Guisborough, England)Pease familyPease, Edward Lloyd, 1861-1934Pease, Edward, 1767-1858Pease, Elizabeth Lucy, 1833-1881Pease, Emma Gurney, ca. 1830-1895Pease, Francis Richard, 1844-1865Pease, Helen Blanche, 1865-1951Pease, Henry, 1807-1881Pease, Jane Gurney, 1827-1894Pease, John Henry, 1836-1854Pease, Mary Cecelia, 1892-1975Pease, Mary W.Pease, Rachel, 1831-1912Pease, Sarah Charlotte, 1858-1929Waterhouse, Alfred, 1830-1905
- Finding Aid Title:
- Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3294
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3294?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1