Isaac Ilsley's 1820 Math Notebook with Lovely Headers, Portland Maine green leaf 12" t x 6 1/8"

12" t x 6 1/8" w x 3 1/2" and in excellent antique condition

and found one other example of it in a notable photography collection

The hair is real badger hair

I would guess not too far from where is was painted

and it is easy to find references in books and auctions for Ellis dolls

Isaac Ilsley's 1820 Math Notebook with Lovely Headers, Portland Maine green leaf 12" t x 6 1/8"It's the pages headed with "Single Fellow"s and Double Fellowship" that really sold me on this one, a math notebook dating to 1820 kept by an Isaac Ilsley of Portland, Maine. And really I might be tempted to extract the former from the notebook to frame it to admire the mast head like "Single Fellows" so beautifully lettered, and also as it delivers a definition of fellowship that resonates far beyond its context: "Fellowship is when two or more join