Title: The Art of Preparing and Making the Materials used in Writing [School piece or Penmanship sheet]
Object type: Print
Date: 1786
Artist:  Carington Bowles I 
Artist bio: British, 1724–1793
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Publisher
Medium: Etching and engraving, with pen and ink
Dimensions: Plate: 17 1/8 × 13 7/8 in. (43.5 × 35.2 cm)
Sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 3/4 in. (46.8 × 37.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1926
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY