Exercise book
E. Soresby
Category
Education objects
Date
15 May 1765 - 1809
Materials
Paper
Measurements
Book with figure of Frank Flourish on the cover - 204 mm (height); 160 mm (width), Book with birds on the cover - 207 mm (height); 164 mm (width), Book with ‘E Soresby’ on the cover - 187 mm (height); 245 mm (width), Each book with pink, blue and black marbled paper (min) - 234 mm (height); 185 mm (width), Each book with pink, blue and black marbled paper (max) - 234 mm (height); 192 mm (width), Book with black and white marbled cover - 240 mm (height); 194 mm (width)
Place of origin
Market Place
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671805
Summary
Eight exercise books. They are: A blue, paper bound, handwriting exercise book with two birds printed in black ink on the front cover. Beneath one is written 'The Partridge' followed by some text, and beneath the other 'The Green Plover', followed by some text. The cover is damaged in the top left hand corner. The book contains lines of writing practice. Four pink, blue and black marbled paper bound books. The cream paper pages of each are filled with beautiful handwriting. One contains religious collects; two contain handwriting exercises; the last one handwriting and writing exercises. A blue paper bound exercise book. Handwritten in black ink on the front cover is 'E Soresby'. The book contains beautiful handwriting exercises. A black and white marbled paper bound book. Printed on the front cover is some text which is barely distinguishable from the marbled pattern. The cream paper pages are filled with beautiful handwriting exercises. A grey paper bound exercise book on the front cover of which is a printed illustration of a man called Frank Flourish. Above him is handwritten 'E. Soresby'. Beneath him is printed 'In Credit I live - for great Credit I get, And my Phaton I run while I'm running in debt. Printed and sold by E Lanoly, 135 High St. Borough'. The book contains handwriting exercises. Total number of items is 8.
Provenance
General note 'Derbyshire Museum Service History of Education Collection' - a collection established by Derbyshire Museum Service (through gifts from individuals, Derbyshire schools and purchases) in the 1940s and stored at Sudbury Hall from the early 1970s to 2012. The National Trust managed the collection between 1991 and 2012 when legal ownership was transferred from Derbyshire County Council to the National Trust. Archival records information - "The collection was established as a result of isolated gifts in the 1940's, and the 'savings' of certain school records (now passed to County Records) during wartime paper salvage." "During the 1950s it was L.E.A. practice to hold an Easter Course for teachers, and the County (Derbyshire) Museum arranged a special exhibition for teach course. As by the mid 1950s quite a collection had already accumulated, it was decided to produce an exhibition on the history of education with special reference to Derbyshire. Consequently, further material was purchased, from which items were selected. The exhibition was subsequently shown at a number of centres, and after disbandment, additions continued to be made with the aim of eventually producing a reconstructed classroom as a base for research. The Derby Bishop Lonsdale College of Education has frequently made use of the collection in various ways."
Marks and inscriptions
Front cover (exercise book with birds on it) in copperplate style: 'E Soresby' Last page (exercise book with birds on the front cover): 'E. Soresby's Book,/ May 22 1807' Inside front cover (one of the pink, blue and black marbled bound books): 'E. Soresby 1805' Inside front cover, (one of the pink, blue and black marbled bound books): 'E. Soresby 1809' Bottom of first page (book with figure of Frank Flourish on cover): 'February 20th 1807'
Makers and roles
E. Soresby, author H. Mozley, printer