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Title	The foundational hand
Collection	Crafts Study Centre
Calligrapher	Irene Wellington
Description	Exemplar panel, beginning with a foundational alphabet (miniscule), followed by a double pen alphabet showing construction of letters. Verses from the sixteenth century carol 'The Builders'. Footnote, added in 1947 stuck onto bottom of sheet.
Decoration	Cockerel drawn inside 'O' of carol, foliage inside 'S'.
Id Number Current Accession	C.84.68.a
Inscription	�IW 1945� to the right of the second verse of the carol. Also a second mark: �Irene Wellington 26 November 1947� after the footnote.
Location Creation Site	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK
Subject	calligraphy, panel, exemplar panel, figures, plants
Measurements	40 x 27 centimetres
Material	ink on Green�s handmade paper
Other Materials	possibly cartridge paper
Ink	black
History	The main panel was written in 1945, for students at the Central School in London. The footnote was added in 1947.
Rights Owner	The Irene Wellington Trust/Crafts Study Centre 2004
Style Period Period	1940s
Technique	hand-lettering