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Fac-Similes of Examples in Delineation
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Fac-Similes of Examples in Delineation
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One boxed set of 16 art reproductions (and one duplicate) selected from the Masters, for the use of students in Drawing, Moses King, Publisher, Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an accompanying pamphlet. The images were selected and described by Charles H. Moore, "Instructor in Drawing and Principals of Design in Harvard University", with plates by the Forbes Company of Boston and include reproductions of Durer, Holbein, Da Vinci, Ruskin, Turner and Rout.
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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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Ships in Decoration
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One set of art reproductions entitled Ships in Decoration, by Pedro J. Lemos, published by The School Arts Magazine, Davis Press, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1929. This is a portfolio of 15 numbered plates of art reproductions of ships. Various methods of art are represented and include: stencils, batik, pen and ink drawing, tiles and patterns. The plates are not individually labeled, but below each set of images are several lines of text that provide suggestions or directions for use in design. The set of plates is housed within an illustrated paper folder.
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Colored Crayons in Your School
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One pamphlet entitled Colored Crayons in Your School, by Fred Hamilton Daniels, published by Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1930. This pamphlet is 16 numbered pages in length, including the back cover. The pamphlet discusses the use of color in the classroom, the importance of color in learning about art , and how to create art. The front cover is illustrated with a reproduction of a still life drawing of a platter and a vase. A publisher's statement regarding the intended use of the booklet is printed on the back cover. The booklet is illustrated with 6 color reproductions of images using colored pencils and crayons; much of the text discusses each of the images. "The Sparrell Print, Boston" is printed at the bottom inside the back 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. 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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Floral forms in historic design : mainly from objects in the Victoria & Albert Museum, but including examples from designs by William Morris and C.F A. Voysey
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Eighteen plates in a teal portfolio with green cloth ties. Prints are collotype reproductions on cream paper. Preface and descriptions to plates on p. 2-3 of portfolio. Floral images were mostly selected and drawn from objects in the Victoria and Albert museum for the purpose of study.
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