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Scrawler
July 13th, 2014, 03:39 AM
There is an article in the British Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2690058/Queen-Victoria-naughty-Princess-journal-reveals.html
About Queen Victoria as a child. Take a look at the photo of her handwriting at age 12. That would have been done with a quill or dip pen.
Brisboy
July 13th, 2014, 04:11 AM
Thanks for sharing. Some lovely examples, especially considering she was a 12 year old. Would be a very interesting exhibit I think.
Cob
July 13th, 2014, 09:44 AM
Yes good wasn't it? And no picnic with a quill - it was of course about 1830.
Nevertheless, it's worth having a look at Alfred Fairbanks's Handwriting Manual, and see examples of children's writing (twentieth century) from age nine upwards - some of the work is so good it's breathtaking.
Cob
bitterwonder
July 14th, 2014, 05:58 PM
Looks like a steel nib dip pen.
Cob
July 14th, 2014, 06:34 PM
Looks like a steel nib dip pen.
You may well be right on reflection; I think that steel nibs were costly that early, but I suppose cost wasn't a problem - I need to do more reading!
Best wishes
Cob
Scrawler
July 14th, 2014, 07:04 PM
I agree on the steel nibbed dip pen.
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