{"product_id":"george-bickham-the-british-monarchy","title":"George Bickham - \"The British Monarchy\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe focus of George Bickham's \"The Universal Penman\" being examples of the various hands popular with the noted English penmen of the day, artwork was used sparingly and mostly as fanciful vignettes. However, in his next major publication \"The British Monarchy,\" Bickham provides copious illustrations of a representational \u0026amp; educational nature, as in this example. Also, where \"The Universal Penman\" showcased the works of 26 Writing Masters, \"The British Monarchy was solely the product of George Bickham's hands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTwo years after concluding work on his collective masterpiece \"The Universal Penman\" (1733-1741), George Bickham released his next extensive work, \"The British Monarchy\" (c.1743). This following compendium contains map-like perspective views \"of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain, Comprehending The British Isles, The American Colonies, The Electoral States, The African \u0026amp; Indian Settlements, and Enlarging more particularly on The respective Counties of England and Wales,\" along with associated historic information. Bickham includes a page showing \"Alphabets in all ye Hands made use of in this Book.\" This is his Roundhand example from that page.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~2015, Don Marsh~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e©2015 Don Marsh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42433894252638,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/7828\/2846\/files\/George_Bickham_British_Monarchy.jpg?v=1769836872","url":"https:\/\/donmarsharchive.com\/products\/george-bickham-the-british-monarchy","provider":"Don Marsh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}