Letter with Designs for Signets (?) by Edward Francis Burney

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Handwritten letter with pen-and-ink circular seal designs showing a cherub, bowing figures, barrels and books.

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A handwritten letter in brown ink on aged paper discusses ideas for ornamenting wafers, with a suggestion that designs should vary by letter content. Several small circular pen-and-ink vignettes illustrate possible seal designs, including a cherub, two figures bowing, a figure beside a ladder, barrels in a storeroom, and stacked volumes.

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