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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Drawing for young children containing one hundred and fifty drawing copies and numerious exercises
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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
One boxed painting set entitled Drawing and Painting Exercises After Models for Children, manufactured by W. & S. B., ca. 1885. The set is comprised of 7 sheets of paper for drawing and painting, a paper palette onto which 6 small round cakes of watercolor paints are mounted, and 11 cutout stencils made from engravings. Also included is one stencil of the initials "OEL." The 11 "specimens" include a woman holding a bowl, a man with an apron full of fruit, and various farm animals. The box that houses these materials is made of light wood and paperboard, and is hinged along the left-hand side, so it opens as a book does. Instructions are printed on the cover: "Take one of the specimens, place it on the white paper and with the pencil describe the outline of it. The figure thus sketched may be finished off by coloring with the paints. - Another mode, by placing the models on paper and marking only a few of the principal points to be afterwards continued to complete, the specimen will be found to greatly improve and increase the taste for drawing." "Orin E. Littlefield, Kittery" is written in ms., in pencil, on the back of the box. The seven sheets of paper contain original and traced artwork. One of the cakes of paint is missing from the palette, and only fragments remain of two others.
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Submaps of other Southern cities so the public could follow reports of their destruction. Mention of the entrance of national troops into Richmond indicates a date after April 1865. "3000 of Magnus all around Map." "Dedicated to the gallant Soldiers fighting to suppress the Rebellion." "One dollar map & song portfolio contents: all around large map of the territory of the rebellion ; 12 illustrated song note-sheets ; a commemoration tableau of the triumphant entrance of the national troops into Richmond, Vir., April 3d, 1865." Submaps: Varying miles around Natches, Chatanooga, Galveston, Charleston, Montgomery, Augusta, Memphis, and Nashville. Interesting cover. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Maps Richmond, Va. Chas. Magnus 46184.
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