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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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The artist, or, Young ladies' instructor in ornamental painting, drawing, &c
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
One drawing/painting book, ca. 1915, entitled The Young Artist's Painting and Drawing Book, by F. I. Wetherbee, published by M. A. Donohue & Co., Chicago. This book is comprised of 44 unnumbered pages of chromolithograph and outline illustrations for painting. The front cover is a chromolithograph of a seated child who is painting at an easel. "M.A. Donohue & Co., Chicago" is printed in the lower left-hand corner. The back cover illustration is of a girl on a low seat reading a book. "Directions for the Little Artist" are printed on the front pastedown, opposite the title page. A few descriptive lines are printed below the title: "Being a collection of the most artistic color schemes ever produced in an instructive painting book, teaching accuracy, harmony, beauty and color with pencil, paint and brush. Complete instructions for the little artist." Most, but not all, of the images appear in pairs, one colored and the other in outline form, for coloring. Some of the illustrations have been colored.
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One painting book entitled Painting Pastimes for Young Artists, drawings by Edith O'Donnell and verses by Gerard Chapman and others, published by Thompson & Thomas, Chicago, 1905. This book is approximately 200 unnumbered pages in length. The front cover is a chromolithograph scene of three children painting the title onto a white fence. The back cover is not illustrated. The endpapers are illustrated with outline images that have been painted in with watercolor. The title page is illustrated, as is the verso of the title page. "Copyright, 1905 by Thompson & Thomas" is printed on the title page verso. The following three pages consist of a preface, instructions, and directions for mixing colors. The remainder of the book is comprised of a combination of chromolithograph, lithograph and outline illustrations for coloring. Some of the illustrations are accompanied by rhymes and verses, others by instructional text. Included are lessons in color, shape, perspective, proportion and shading. Some of the images have been colored in with watercolor or crayon. "Velma Varnam, from 1915. V1906" is written in ms. on the front pastedown.
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