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American Text Books of Art Education: Geometrical Drawing, Numbers One and Two
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Two 20-page drawing books by Walter Smith, published by L. Prang & Co., Boston, containing numbered problems and exercises. Each exercise consists of instructional text, a lithograph illustration, and space for copying. The exercises increase in difficulty and complexity through the course of each book, and within the series. The exercises in No. 2 have been completed, in pencil.
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One drawing book: publisher and author unknown. Possibly from a Bartholomew series, ca. 1885?. This drawing book is comprised of 11 lithograph leaves of images intended for copying. The leaves are numbered 1-12; leaf 11 is lacking. Each leaf contains one or more images, with space below for tracing or copying. Some of the images include church arches, pots and kettles, vases and water glasses. The covers are lacking. Title supplied by cataloger.
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