Name/Title
Diploma, James V. R. ChapmanEntry/Object ID
2024.01.019Description
A diploma awarded by the New-York State Agricultural Society to James V. R. Chapman for "Best Specimens of Business Penmanship" at the Rochester meeting, 1864. Printed with handwritten components.
Features a pastoral scene surrounded by sheaves of wheat, livestock, and images of farming life.
State agricultural societies awarded a multitude of "diplomas" for a variety of categories from awards for livestock care and breeding, to improvements to tools and machinery, to in this case penmanship.Collection
Genesee Country Village and MuseumDimensions
Height
15-13/16 inWidth
18-7/8 in