Exercise book
Gilbert Soresby
Category
Education objects
Date
1807
Materials
Paper and cardboard
Measurements
195 mm (height); 163 mm (width)
Place of origin
Market Place
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671851
Summary
A cream card cover with an illustration of a parrot on a tree stump, surrounded by an oval frame, printed in black ink. A name and date are written in black ink on the front cover; there are names, words and numbers written all over the back cover. The cream pages contain examples of handwriting practice. Of the last three pages one has been completely removed and the other two have been partially cut out.
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
On the front cover: 'G. Soresby/ 180[6]'
Makers and roles
Gilbert Soresby, author T. Smith, printseller T. Smith, printer