R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! United States Ceramic Tile Company I love the streamlined form

I love the streamlined form of it

bandana and rope were a costume donned for the sake of the photo (provided by the photographer

With a hook on the back for hanging

or whether the peg with bird on top was devised to give flourish to the winning player's triumphant final move

I purchased this and a second Dows print from the estate of artist Leon Hovsepian (1911-2018) in Worchester

R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! United States Ceramic Tile Company I love the streamlined formI purchased this dated 1831, Hartland, Vermont from a favorite rare book seller in Maine, the source of many manuscript treasures. It is the circular writing at bottom right here that made this impossible for me to walk away from I can't remember if and when I've seen another example along these lines, and just find it fascinating and magical, too, writing in circles, a little world of words. And it seems to me it is there, in this small sphere of