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American Drawing-Cards, First Series
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One set of drawing cards entitled American Drawing-Cards, First Series, by Walter Smith, published by James R. Osgood & Company, Boston, 1873. This set includes 7 drawing cards, printed on both sides of each card. There are 14 numbered lessons, each with white-on-black lithograph illustrations. Also included is a set of directions: "Rules for the Guidance of Pupils using the American Drawing Cards." On the verso of this card is printed a 5-inch long rule measure. The lessons progress from simple horizontal, vertical and parallel lines (lesson no. 1) to moulding and interlacing forms (lesson no. 14, example 42). The cards are within a protective paper envelope. "Johnnie Fray[?]" is written in ms. at the top of the first card.
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The Student's Drawing Cards
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One set of drawing cards entitled The Student's Drawing Cards, printed by J. Monrocq. [Monroque] of Paris, sold by G.T. James of New York, ca. 1870. This set of French drawing cards is comprised of 18 lithograph images, which are primarily landscape scenes and buildings. Each card is printed on a single side and is unnumbered. One of three phrases appears on some cards: "Imp. J. Monrocq. Paris"; "Paris- MONROCQ freres, editeurs, rue Suger, 3"; or "Portefeuille de l'Ecole de Dessin." The cards are housed in a cloth and paper embossed top-opening envelope. The front of the envelope contains the title and distributor information: "The Student's Drawing Cards. G.T. James, 658 Broadway, New York". On the back of the envelope is a printed vignette of a seated boy who is copying an image on an easel in front of him. This vignette is printed within a circular, embossed frame. Below is a paper label that is partially torn: "F.S. Pease. Oil Manufacturer 65 &67 [?]". On the flap of the envelope, within the embossed palette, written in ms. is "Nettie Stewart".
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Bartholomew's Primary School Drawing Cards, No. 1
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One set of drawing cards entitled Bartholomew's Primary School Drawing Cards, No. 1, by W. N. Bartholomew, published by Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., New York and Chicago, 1874. This set is comprised of 10 double-sided lithograph cards, principally containing line drawing lessons on each side, totaling 20 lessons. The exercises in this series are listed on the envelope wrapper, below the title: "SET No. 1 - Simple exercises in placing points, drawing lines, plane figures, familiar objects and ornamental forms; also lessons in Printing and Writing." Sets 2 and 3 are also described. Each lesson is printed on a black background, with the image or letter to be copied in white. These drawing cards were designed to be used in conjunction with a drawing slate; the card would be placed in the card holder at one end of the slate, and the image copied onto the slate. The penmanship lessons on Card 10 are labeled "Payson, Dunton & Scribner's Penmanship." On the back side of the envelope is a publisher's advertisement for "Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing" books. The dimensions provided are for the envelope.
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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. Originally the set came with 18 cards; only seventeen are present in this set--card 10 is missing. Each of the cards is single-sided, and bear a "1" in the upper left-hand corner and a different number in the upper right-hand corner. One card is unnumbered and appears to have been added at a later time. The cards are each described in an instructional pamphlet, eight pages in length, which is entitled Initiatory Drawing Cards, In Four Parts: 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 also features instructions in basic drawing techniques. On the upper right-hand corner of the pamphlet's cover there is a handwritten note, in pencil, which reads "17 (of 18) cards / #10 Lacking/ 35-/ c.f. xix of Drepperd Amer. Draw. [?] NY 1946." The cards and the pamphlet were originally enclosed in an envelope with a green-criss-cross design.
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Grammar School Drawing Cards of Elementary Design
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One set of drawing cards entitled Grammar School Drawing Cards of Elementary Design, by Lucius B. Morgan, printed by Grout & Putman, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1875. The envelope and cards identify this set as the "Second Series." The envelope also identifies Mr. Morgan as the "Teacher of Drawing in the Public Schools, Worcester, Mass." The envelope contains three double-sided cards. The six images on the cards contain simple leaf and flower designs which are then incorporated into more complex designs. For example, there is one image labeled "The Ivy" which show the simple ivy leaf and then the same leaf used in a repeating border and a fan design. Each card is labeled and has a set of designs. The cards have not been printed with identifying numbers. "Florence Belcher" and "$25.00" (price) are written in ms. on the cover.
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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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