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Prospectus. Illustrations of the history of art

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Description: Image of a prospectus describing the history of art series offered by L. Prang & Co. in 1879; plate from the series with 10 woodcuts illustrating Greek sculpture on verso.
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Date: ©1878 ; 1879
Call number: priJLC_PRG_002211
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last Collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the Louis Prang archive was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Booklets: Art Education and Natural History, A-Z, by series & title (between 8 x 10 inches and 11 x 14 inches in size)

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Smith, Walter. American Text Books of Art Education: Freehand Drawing number one. (Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow & Co., 1875) Smith, Walter. American Text Books of Art Education: Freehand Drawing number two. (Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow & Co., 1875) Smith, Walter. American Text Books of Art Education: Geometrical Drawing number two. (Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow & Co., 1875) Smith, Walter. American Text Books of Art Education: Freehand Drawing number four. (Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow & Co., 1875) Smith, Walter. American Text Books of Art Education: Freehand Drawing number five. (Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow & Co., 1875) Smith, Walter. American Text-Books of Art Education Revised Edition. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1879) Clark, John S., Mary Dana Hicks, and Walter S. Perry. No. 8 Prang's Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing. (Boston: The Prang Educational Company, 1894) Clark, John S., Mary Dana Hicks, and Walter S. Perry. No. 10 Prang's Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing. (Boston: The Prang Educational Company, 1892) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Birds of Prey. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Birds of Prey. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Swimming Birds. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Wading Birds. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Cat Family. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Cat Family. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Cat Family. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Mathews, F. Schuyler. Wayside Flowers. Series I. being a description of American wild flowers that bloom in April, May, and Early June. (Boston & Springfield, MA: Taber-Prang Art Co., 1898) Mathews, F. Schuyler. Wayside Flowers Series II. being a description of American wild flowers that bloom in late May, June, July and early August. (Boston & Springfield, MA: Taber-Prang Art Co., 1898) Mathews, F. Schuyler. Wayside Flowers Series III. being a description of American wild flowers that bloom in July, August and September. (Boston & Springfield, MA: Taber-Prang Art Co., 1898) Mathews, F. Schuyler. Wayside Flowers. Series IV. being a description of American wild flowers that bloom in August, September, October, and June to October. (Boston & Springfield, MA: Taber-Prang Art Co., 1898)

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Falke, Jacob von, 1825-1897. Kunste im Hause. English;"Art in the house. : Historical, critical, and aesthetical studies on the decoration and furnishing of the dwelling. / By Jakob von Falke, vice-director of the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry at Vienna."

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(Boston: : L. Prang and Company, 1879., [copyright, 1878]) Click here to view catalog record.

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Image of the Greek sculpture Venus de Milo standing on an orange and centered in front of a five-point yellow star.

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Booklets: Art, A-I, by title (between 8 x 10 inches and 11 x 14 inches in size)

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The Angels at the Sepulchre. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1889) Blossom Time. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1896) Buffum, Geo. A. A Driftwood Fire. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1890) Mathews, F. Schuyler. An Easter Cross. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1886) Closson, W. B. Homes and Haunts of the Poets original etchings by W. B. Closson : Emerson. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1886) Mathews, F. Schuyler. Ye Book of Goode Luck. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1889) Mathews, F. Schuyler. Ye Book of Goode Luck. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1889) Closson, W. B. Homes and Haunts of the Poets original etchings by W. B. Closson : Hawthorne. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1886) Payne, John Howard. Home! Sweet Home! (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1890) Gray, Bessie. Handful of June Pansies. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1895) Haunts of Bryant. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1889) Haunts of Emerson. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1889) Haunts of Hawthorne. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1889) Haunts of Holmes. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1889) Haunts of Longfellow. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1889) Haunts of Whittier. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1889)

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Six silver medals awarded for articles of useful invention to John T. Hammitt

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Image of an advertisement for bank and office furniture manufactured by John T. Hammitt of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; images of desks and passengers relaxing in railroad car seats accent text describing products offered and offering a list of references.

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Seemann, E. A. (Ernst Arthur), 1829-1904 Kunsthistorische Bilderbogen. English;"[Illustrations of the history of art] A series of above 2,000 woodcuts selected by permission ... chronologically arranged, and forming a universal atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art"

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(Boston, L. Prang, 1879) Click here to view catalog record.

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Falke, Jacob von, 1825-1897. Kunste im Hause. English;"Art in the house. : Historical, critical, and aesthetical studies on the decoration and furnishing of the dwelling. / By Jakob von Falke, vice-director of the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry at Vienna."

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Seemann, E. A. (Ernst Arthur), 1829-1904 Kunsthistorische Bilderbogen. English;"[Illustrations of the history of art] A series of above 2,000 woodcuts selected by permission ... chronologically arranged, and forming a universal atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art"