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Dear Reader:
Like many others that study American penmanship, I revere the penman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Whenever I go to look at the work they left behind, I tell myself it won’t be as good as I remember. Then I look and it’s better.
It’s a shame we don’t have film of them writing . Film came a decade too late and penmanship died out a decade too early. Perhaps it adds a little mystery and charm to our mostly forgotten art form.
Sincerely,
Dave
P. S. In case you haven’t seen any of the work from the penman of the 100+ years ago, I’m enclosing a sample of penmanship by Frederick Tamblyn.
