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On this day in 1847, writer Henry David Thoreau moved in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts, after living for two years in a shack he built himself on Walden Pond.
"All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable." —from Civil Disobedience (1849)
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#calligraphy #inok #inoque #lettering #blackletter #fraktur #gothic #textura #art #type #sketch #script #practic #pilotparallel #thedailytype #handwriting
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#calligraphy #inok #inoque #lettering #blackletter #fraktur #gothic #art #sketch #thedailytype #script #type #handwriting #pilotparallel
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The Book of Days by K. A. Barker | Green Apple + Orange Juice
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Got the black outline on there now as well. #letterheads #lettering #signwriting #signpainting #script #goldleaf #goldleafing
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Librairie Ancienne & Moderne by juliettetang on Flickr.
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Frederic Leighton, A Girl (detail)
19th century
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Paul Gervais, Birds from Atlas de Zoologie, 1844. Paris. The complete book via biodiversitylibrary.
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International Library of Children’s Literature by juliettetang on Flickr.
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