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American Drawing-Cards, First Series

Description: 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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Date: 1873
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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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Abbott’s Common School Drawing Cards

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One set of drawing cards entitled Abbott’s Common School Drawing Cards, by Jacob and John S.C. Abbott, printed by Robert B. Collins, New York, 1874, Landscapes, Set 1, designed by B.H. Coe." On the back of the card box are instructions, entitled Arrangements, on the use of the cards. The cards are removed from the case by pulling on an insert. A notice "To the Teacher" on the verso of the insert explains how to teach drawing in school, and below this, "Reasons for Introducing Drawing into Common Schools" are listed. The card set is complete with the original forty cards, plus an extra card 1. They are numbered in Roman numerals, from No. I to No. XL, along with further drawing instructions on the back of each. For example, drawing card No. I shows a farm courtyard with various buildings and on the reverse the following instruction: "Whenever you have a pediment end of a building to draw, that is, an end terminated by a point at the top, where the two sides of the roof meet, as occurs in this lesson, always draw both the side walls first...."

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Bartholomew's Progressive Drawing Cards, in five numbers, No. 1

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One set of drawing cards entitled Bartholomew's Progressive Drawing Cards, in five numbers, No. 1, by W. N. Bartholomew, published by Cyrus G. Cooke, Boston, 1860. This set includes 11 numbered, one-sided lithograph images within a paperboard slipcover. Card 1 is lacking. The cards are intended for use with a drawing slate; each card would be placed into a holder at one end of the slate, and the image copied onto the slate. Most of the cards bear a single image, but some contain two or three images. The images are identical to a portion of those found in Bartholomew's Drawing Books and include fences, houses, buildings and barns. The instructions for use of these cards, lesson by lesson, are printed on both sides of the slipcase. There is a cutaway notch at the top of the opening of the slipcase for ease of removal. The dimensions provided are for the slipcase.

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The Good Zoo Drawing Cards

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One set of drawing cards entitled The Good Zoo Drawing Cards, by Bess B. Cleaveland, published by School Arts Publishing Company, Boston, ca. 1911. This set is comprised of 10 cards within a printed envelope. The cards are numbered and labeled: Card 1. Chickens; Card 2. Hens; Card 3. Ducklings; Card 4. Wolves; Card 5. Mice; Card 6. Cats; Card 8. Dogs; Card 9. Pigeons; Card 10. Rabbits. Each card, which contains numerous views of each subject, has a few lines of text, and is signed by the illustrator "Bess Bruce Cleaveland". The artist's signature on Card 4 is dated 1910, and the date on Card 6 is 1911. The paper mailing envelope is decorated with various images from these and other drawing cards. The School Arts Publishing Co. mailing label covers the top half of the "title" on this envelope, which is stamped and is addressed to "Miss Mabel Spofford, 8 Cherry St., Danvers, MASS". Each of the 10 cards has Miss Spofford's embossed "S" at the top of each card, and "Mabel S. Spofford, please return" is written in ms., in pencil, at the bottom of Card 9.

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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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American Drawing-Cards, First Series

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