PROPOSITION - that the alphabet as it unfolds in sequence from A to Z can be harnessed to a narrative. That the letterforms can particpate in the pictures.

 

UPPER TWO

rom Charles Folkard's illustrated edition of Nursery Rhymes . Dent London 1932

BENEATH

from Carlo Lenzi, Cinquanta tavola alfabetiche che formano un corso di calligrafia interessante a qualunque classe di persone, Bologna c1845

LEFT AND RIGHT PANELS

The Golden Pippin - a Catnach Press publication, c1810.