Norman Jones' 1909 Penmanship Practice Notebook blue whale shaped plate and cup as they seemed rather less

as they seemed rather less concerned with the details of the face of this presumably Dutch man--sweetly and a bit hesitantly penciling in eyes

Zebra is 3 1/8" l  x 2 3/8" t x 3/4" w

Jones used opaque paint to embellish his sculptures

Personally

Born in 1879

Norman Jones' 1909 Penmanship Practice Notebook blue whale shaped plate and cup as they seemed rather lessI've become pretty fascinated by these penmanship practice notebooks, not just because I love seeing the handwriting, but also for the choice of phrases, which speaks lot to the times they were done, and served as a way of imparting moral values and instilling good behavior. Here, I especially love the phrase "exercise with caution," which I'd think would say "exercise caution" but instead seems to be warning against injuring ones self (!), and also