Lot 104: Three Calligraphic Drawings

Estimate: $400 – $600

“First Premium, Awarded for Improvement”, with a swan, “To Norris Reed JR aged 9, In Spencerian Penmanship”, “C.J. Gilson Artist”, overall toning and rippling, stains, 10 3/4″ x 17 1/2″ (sight); Calligraphic Christmas prayer, “Mary D. King”, with angels and kneeling figure before the Christmas star December 25, matted, 10″ x 8 1/4″; Calligraphic birth record for “Jonathan Hall, 1809 August 7th”, by “I. Cole, 1837″, triple matted, 3 1/2″ x 7 1/2” (sight); (ex. Fertig collection).