1858 American Text Book for Letters Penmanship Instruction with Lots of Alphabets vintage ashtray it appears that this is

it appears that this is a fragment of what was once a longer piece

this figure--with wonderfully broad shoulders echoing the breadth of one lowered and one raised knee--appears almost buddha-like in his posture and poise

perhaps composed by Crane himself

and thereafter religious themes and motifs were a consistent element in his work

in a manner not unlike ledger drawings

1858 American Text Book for Letters Penmanship Instruction with Lots of Alphabets vintage ashtray it appears that this isThis 1858 copy of American Text Book for Letters penmanship instruction book, published by N. S. Dearborn, Boston, has clearly done a lot of instructingthe covers are well worn, and the binding is pretty roughbut its a rare one, and an interesting one, with some beautiful alphabets (including Greek and Hebrew), a section on shorthand symbols, and lots more, including recipes for red, black, metallic and, best of all, deceptive (invisible!) inks! The