Walford Graham Robertson

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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
Calendar book : autograph manuscript with original pen and ink drawings by W. Graham Robertson, [190-?]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2432
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Illustrated manuscript for a calendar book executed in pencil and pen & ink over graphite on heavy paper; possibly an unpublished project.

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Incomplete manuscript for an illustrated calendar book, including the months January through June only, with each month comprised of individual leaves typically formatted for three days apiece, with pen and ink illustrations incorporated at upper or lower right of some pages, and manuscript text written into the individual entries recording the flower traditionally assigned to the day and brief proverbs or epigrams. At the end of each month is an illustration personifying the month, with a traditional epithet for the month written below. With 4 pages listing the first words of the proverbs included in the calendar written in pencil on lined paper. The year and days of the week are unrecorded.

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