EMPIRE/ EXERCISE BOOK, THE
J. Sisman (fl.1912-1917)
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper and cardboard
Measurements
202 mm (height); 160 mm (width)
Place of origin
Darlington Grammar School
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671507
Summary
An exercise book in an orange cardboard cover with a shiny, textured surface and a paper label stuck on showing the title. The pages are cream, ruled in blue. The contents are handwritten in black ink, purple ink and pencil, and are possibly an English translation of Cicero. There are eighteen pages.
Marks and inscriptions
On the label on the front cover: 'Key to Cicero Pro Mi(lone)/ Darlington Grammar School/ Chas.H.Hodgson (crossed out) JLS/ Form V.D.G.S.' Inside the front cover: 'Chas.H.Hodgson/ M. TULLI CICERONIS PRO T. ANNIO/ MILONE AD IUDICES ORATIO' Inside the front cover: 'Jack/ Sisman' Inside the back cover: 'J L SISMAN'
Makers and roles
J. Sisman (fl.1912-1917), author Chas Hodgson, author