Miss Fanny Williams's (Stonington, CT) 1834 School Register With Beautiful Tally Marks and Poetic Insertions Italian folk art with all of its original

with all of its original components (less the paints and pots and brushes that would have been acquired to fill it

Tower's "The Gradual Primer

perfectly set off by  the mustard yellow card

and her face forever raised toward his

Miss Fanny Williams's (Stonington, CT) 1834 School Register With Beautiful Tally Marks and Poetic Insertions Italian folk art with all of its originalJust a handful of pages here, but I find this quite special. I first grabbed it for the two page spread shown in the first photo the most beautiful and precise set of tally marks I think I've ever seen, tracking the attendance of a group of young male students in the class of Miss Fanny Williams at the District 13 school in Stonington, CT, 1834. But then, digging in, I discovered a few other moments here that bring Miss Fanny very much to life: