OLD 1828 CALLIGRAPHIC PAGE OF MEMORY ALBUM ART

Please use BACK BUTTON ON BROWSER to return to main list

OLD 1828 CALLIGRAPHIC PAGE OF MEMORY ALBUM ART

This is a SINGLE page from an English memory album, NOT A COMPLETE ALBUM.
Large WATERMARK “J. WHATMAN, TURKEY MILL 1828" shows through the page when held up to the light. This album leaf drawn in the late 1820s or early 1830s has embellished calligraphic script POETRY in red, blue, and black ink. It reads:
“A
FEW WORDS
From the Hard School
Of
EXPERIENCE

Oft on the troubled ocean’s face
Loud stormy winds arise
The murmuring surges swell a pace
And clouds obscure the sky.

But when the tempest’s rage is o’er
Soft breezes smooth the main,
The billows cease to lash the shore
And all is calm again.

Not so in fond and amorous souls
If tyrant love once reigns,
There one eternal tempest rolls
And yields unceasing pains”

This page from an old English memory album would be extremely DISPLAYABLE IF NICELY FRAMED. Full sheet measures about 8" x 10" and is in good condition except for ragged left edge (see scan). Good rag content to the album page paper. Scan shows the full page and enlargements.

Buyer pays $5.00 postage & handling in US, plus USPS insurance.
VA residents add 5% sales tax to selling price.

Price= $95.00

Please use BACK BUTTON ON BROWSER to return to main list
ORDERING INFORMATION

BACK TO HISTORY BROKER HOMEPAGE