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The genius of Penmanship offering her aid to Science & Commerce

Description: Image of the frontispiece from Dean's Analytical Guide, to the Art of Penmanship; seated allegorical woman with book, map, and globe is offered an inkstand by the allegorical Penmanship female figure who stands next to a swan; shipping sailing ships on the water in background.
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Date: approximately 1805-1808
Call number: priJLC_EDU_003832
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Series I. Education Prints and Ephemera (small size)

Visual Materials

This series contains mainly copy and writing books (composition books), arithmetic and ciphering books, tuition bills, programs and tickets to graduations and other school events, certificates, trade cards, student identification cards, postcards, ribbons, and printed billheads and letterheads (with and without manuscript text). Of note is an 1847 certificate signed by Peter Cooper, American industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist who designed and built the first American steam locomotive, and founded Cooper Union (Binder 1), and plates from Dean's Analytical Guide, to the Art of Penmanship (Box 1).

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Nashville Institute of Penmanship and Art

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Image of a birds, plants, and butterflies rendered in ornamental penmanship in an advertisement for the Nashville Institute of Penmanship and Art taught by Crandle & Webb, Proprietors.

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Chase & Bachelder's American Museum of Art

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Image of a female allegorical figure leading trains, covered wagons, coaches and prospectors westward across America; Native American Indians, bears, bison, and other wildlife proceed westward ahead of the American expansion at left.

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Salinas City High School this certifies that Elmer P. Alexander

Visual Materials

Image of the allegorical woman figure Eureka with bear, spear, and cornucopia at the top center of a diploma certificate from Salinas City High School issued in 1889 to Elmer P. Alexander; elaborate oval border with interior library and exterior building views, "Lux mentis scientia" motto, and sun breaking through clouds.

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Atlantic : September

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for the Century magazine September issue; female figure dressed in chiton and mantle stands next to incense burner while holding a kylix; columns in background.

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The genius of temperance

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Image of an allegorical woman (Genius) in flowing garb and star circlet pointing the way towards a life of temperance with two very different views of civilization in the background behind her; at left a dismal and sad view of a town rife with "disorder and drunkeness" with a fight in the street and a large mob gathered to watch a hanging; at right a utopian future without evils with large temple, happy groups of people socializing, boats on a lake, and beautiful views.

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The genius of Penmanship offering her aid to Science & Commerce

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