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Initiatory Drawing Cards, Part I
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One set of drawing cards entitled Initiatory Drawing Cards, Part I, by B.F. Nutting, printed by M. J. Whipple, Boston, Massachusetts, 1848. The set of eighteen cards is complete. Each is described in an eight page instructional pamphlet included with the cards, entitled Initiatory Drawing Cards, In Four Parts, with the subtitle Eighteen Cards in Each, Presenting Carefully Drawn Examples, and Accompanied by Directions Illustrating the First Principles of Drawing; for the Use of Schools and Families. The pamphlet describes each of the cards in the set, the number in the pamphlet corresponds to the card's number in the upper right-hand corner. Instructions are given in basic drawing techniques. The original envelope in which the cards and pamphlet were enclosed is also included. On the inside of the envelope, in pencil, is the following note: "See Dreppard for long [note?] p.16/ Part I complete/ Parts II (12) & IV (11) incomplete/ Lot as is/ Rare (NYPL has Part II only.)/ 40-." Written in ms., in the upper right-hand corner of the pamphlet's cover, is "40-." (price).
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Initiatory Drawing Cards, Part VI
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One set of drawing cards entitled Initiatory Drawing Cards, Part VI, by B. F. Nutting, printed by John Jewett & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 1850. Originally the set came with 18 cards, however there are only sixteen present--Cards 17 and 18 are missing. Each of the cards is single-sided and have a "IIII" in the upper left-hand corner and a different number in the upper right-hand corner. The cards are each numbered and described in the instructions printed on the sleeve. The number in the instructions corresponds to the number in the card's upper right-hand corner. "#135 $25.00" is written in ms. on the sleeve.
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Coe’s New Drawing Cards for Schools, No. 5
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One set of drawing cards, in a blue and white patterned-paper envelope entitled Coe’s New Drawing Cards for Schools, No. 5, printed by D. Appleton & Co., New York, ca. 1860-1880. The envelope label also includes the note "Instructions for the Series will be found with No. 1" and the statement "(Copyright Secured.)". The 17 drawing cards depict landscapes, architecture and animals. Each of the cards have a "No. 6" in the upper left hand corner, and sometimes a number in the upper right hand corner.
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Set of drawing cards circa 1850
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One set of drawing cards, untitled, ca. 1850. There are 48 drawing cards in this set, each numbered in the upper-right hand corner, 5 to 32, followed by 66, then 68-76. The designs, largely geometric, are progressively more complex as the numbers go higher. Many of the cards have been copied in pencil, next to the original printed design (one per card). They are untitled, and contain no other form of identification. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Easy Drawing Lessons for Blackboard or Slate
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One set of drawing cards entitled Easy Drawing Lessons for Blackboard or Slate, by E. Croasdale, printed by J.M. Stoddart & Co., Philadelphia, 1879. The label identifies E. Croasdale as the "Principal, Philadelphia School of Design for Women." The set is comprised of 36 cards, each containing white images against a black background. Intended for copying, the lessons begin with simple lines and progress to more complex forms. Each card is numbered in the upper left-hand corner and contains two images. For example, card 36 shows a young man holding a baseball bat on the left-hand side and on the right-hand side a cricket bat, ball and wickets. Printed on one side of the wrapper is: "Edwards & Docker, Box Makers, 418 Market St., Philadelphia." Original price for the cards, 25 cents.
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Augsburg's Action Drawing
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One set of drawing cards entitled Augsburg's Action Drawing, printed by the Educational Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1850. This set is subtitled "Set II. The Deer," and was designed to "aid in the teaching of Action Drawing ... in connection with the chapter on Action Drawing in Book I of Augsburg's Drawing." The 14 cards contain simple outlines of a deer in various poses; each image--white on a black background--covers half a card. Each card bears a number in the lower right-hand corner.
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