Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt

Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt (1901 – 1987) was an art teacher, author, artist and curator of the Watts Gallery at Compton, Surrey. He taught art at Haileybury College and Eton College and helped to start a revolution in the hand-writing of British school-children, using the 15th c. Italian Cancellaresca ("Chancery") script[1] as a basis.[2][3]

His brother was Anthony Blunt, Poussin expert and spy.[4]

Books

Sacheverell Sitwell; Wilfrid Blunt and Patrick Millington Synge; Flower books, 1700-1900 : A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-illustrated Flower Books. Atlantic Monthly Press, (1990)ISBN 0871132842

References

  1. ^ http://www.fontscape.com/explore?6TG Chancery Scripts - Retrieved on 2007-01-08
  2. ^ Wilfrid Blunt - Retrieved on 2006-10-23
  3. ^ Wilfrid Blunt (1952), Sweet Roman hand: Five hundred years of italic cursive script, James Barrie, ASIN B0006ATALY
  4. ^ True Colours - Retrieved on 2006-10-23