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Sketchbooks before "Sketchbooks"

Sketchbooks before "Sketchbooks"

Where did this idea begin, anyway?

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Heather Dickinson
Jan 25, 2025
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Pen-Scribbled Stories
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Sketchbooks before "Sketchbooks"
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flat ray photography of book, pencil, camera, and with lens
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For as far back as the historical record goes, mankind has been inspired to draw. From cave-walls in France, to tombs in Egypt, to pottery across the ancient world from the farthest reaches of Asia to the heart of the Roman empire, mankind has been inspired to draw things of importance in their world. Mankind has us…

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