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The rising generation : a series of twelve drawings on stone
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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
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Rare Books
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Visual Materials
This collection forms part of the John Haskell Kemble maritime collection compiled by American maritime historian John Haskell Kemble (1912-1990). The collection contains 125 artworks dating from 1828 to 1981, with subjects pertaining to and/or depicting maritime vessels, including commercial and military ships. Most are oil paintings, with some watercolors also included.
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Manuscripts
The Watercolors and drawings series contains watercolors and sketches by Frances Amelia Hastings, done from 1872 to 1883; sketches and architectural drawings by Francis Henry Hastings, done from 1839 to 1887; a sketch of Francis Hastings Gott done by Helen Hastings in approximately 1895.
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Visual Materials
One art instruction book entitled Krüsi's Drawing: Perspective Series, No. 12, published by D. Appleton & Co., New York, copyright 1874 and 1879. This book contains 12 black and white images on 24 pages (one image per leaf). Space is provided next to each image for copying. These images include flowers, plants, vases and a landscape scene. The front cover is decoratively bordered and illustrated. The back cover is a publisher's advertisement for Krusi's Inventive Drawing, "Adopted in nearly Five Hundred Cities and Town within Six Months after its Publication." None of the images have been copied.
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Visual Materials
One drawing book entitled Krüsi's Drawing: Synthetic Series, New series, No. 2, published by D. Appleton & Co., New York, copyright 1878. This book consists of 16 pages of geometric designs, which emphasize the practice of lines and shapes. Suggestions to Teachers are printed on the inside of the front cover, and specifics of line drawing are outlined on the inside of the back cover. On each page are the illustrations and space intended for copying. The front cover is decoratively bordered; the back cover is a publisher's advertisement for Model Copy-Books in six numbers (penmanship studies), offered by D. Appleton & Co. Laid inside the book are three sheets of paper, two of which are blank. The third contains several original illustrations. A blue ownership stamp of I.A. Dexter is on the front cover.
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