Be Happy (Respectfully), Spencerian Red and Black Ink Calligraphy Autograph Album Page, 1880s wooden snake Guatemalan I believe

Guatemalan I believe

but he’s smiling widely still

This may in fact be my favorite of the group

pinned or nailed to wood

Be Happy (Respectfully), Spencerian Red and Black Ink Calligraphy Autograph Album Page, 1880s wooden snake Guatemalan I believeThis and a second page today (listed separately) from the same autograph album, of an Ernest Hills, spanning 1884 88. I typically keep things in tact but there was not much else in there so I extracted the pages with Spencerian calligraphy. And what a lovely pair of red inked hearts. I've seen a lot of Spencerian birds, and flourishes of all sorts on autograph pages like this, but not very often dangling hearts like this. And I love the combination of