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Title	Sweet Roman hand
Collection	Crafts Study Centre
Calligrapher	Irene Wellington
Description	Eight black ink roughs for the book jacket, all different designs, and none ultimately used. The most comprehensive rough includes a mass of feathers and the basic layout is quite close to the printed version.
Id Number Current Accession	C.84.98.b.i-viii
Inscription	�IW� in the bottom right corner on printed and final version, and on some of the roughs.
Location Creation Site	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK
Subject	calligraphy, rough, book jacket rough, writing
Measurements	21.5 x 16.5 centimetres - i = 21.5 x 16.5, ii-v = 24.5 x 18, vi = 21 x 16.5, vii = 24.5 x 16, viii = 24 x 17.5
Material	ink on paper
Ink	black
History	Roughs for the book jacket for the book 'Sweet Roman Hand' by Wilfred Blunt, published by James Barrie.
Rights Owner	The Irene Wellington Trust/Crafts Study Centre 2004
Style Period Period	1950s
Technique	hand-lettering