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Yes, thanks for that, Rob. A great help!
The G is certainly worth noting insofar as Toppy's consistency over a 13-year time period has been demonstrated, during which time he closed his G-loops - in 1898 and 1911 to be precise. I don't know if Hutt demonstrated a similar degree of consistency. Your useful comparison would suggest otherwise.
All the best,
Ben
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Originally posted by Ben View PostThe G is certainly worth noting insofar as Toppy's consistency over a 13-year time period has been demonstrated, during which time he closed his G-loops - in 1898 and 1911 to be precise. I don't know if Hutt demonstrated a similar degree of consistency. Your useful comparison would suggest otherwise.Kind regards, Sam Flynn
"Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)
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Rob's (verily) useful comparison, Ben, shows that Hutt's signature seems to have changed quite a bit within the space of 12 years
Best regards,
BenLast edited by Ben; 04-24-2009, 02:39 AM.
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Originally posted by Ben View PostIndeed it does, Gareth, and Hutt contrasts markedly with Toppy in that regard, who demonstrated a remarkable consistency of signature over a longer period of time. As far as I'm concerned, we have no indications as to the real Hutchinson's propensity towards signature variation.
So, the "G" fluctuated between "open-loop" and "closed-loop"... but then, so did Hutt's. Note, also, that Hutt's lower-case "t" changes between the two samples, whereas Hutchinson remains faithful to his "top-launched t" throughout - and we can confirm this across multiple samples, thanks to his not using "ditto" marks when he wrote the surnames of his wife and children in 1911.Kind regards, Sam Flynn
"Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)
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Gareth,
Doesn't that G help to tie up any objections in the Toppy/Hutch debate.
Aside from the G, which I didn't find to be a great difference as the mode of construction was the same, there weren't any big differences between Hutch and Toppy signatures. Now that we see that at least one other person varied between open and closed Gs, and bearing in mind that the pen stroke and effort to create either would have been identical, there should be no further objections.
I'm waiting for: Au contraire, mon cher.
Mikehuh?
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