Stamp Collector

Art in Pen and Ink

n the Victorian era, young ladies of distinction were taught to while away the hours pending their marriage to a suitable gentleman by becoming accomplished artists and often embellished their letters with wonderfully evocative images. These could be either purely decorative or be illustrative of the content of the letter. Whilst printed Mulreadies and Caricatures have a huge following

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