"Frank Netherton"
Title
"Frank Netherton"
Subject
Inscription, Handwriting, Paratext
Description
This handwriting is a puzzle waiting to be solved. An intricate inscription, this handwriting features many flourishes and dots that add to the beauty, if also the illegibility. This style of handwriting likely means that the writer belonged to a more privileged class and they were taught to write in this fashion.
Creator
B. Pardon and Son
Source
"Frank Netherton: or The Talisman" 23h8117
Publisher
The Religious Tract Society
Date
1870
Original Format
Book
- Date Added
- April 6, 2015
- Collection
- Inscriptions
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Tags
- Inscription, Paratext, Writing
- Citation
- B. Pardon and Son, “"Frank Netherton",” The Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature Paratext Exhibit, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ufbaldwinparatexts.omeka.net/items/show/19.