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How You Can Study Original Drawings by America's Great Cartoonists

Description: One advertisement entitled How You Can Study Original Drawings by America's Great Cartoonists, published by The Reserve Publishing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1920. On the verso of the advertisement is printed: "How You Can Study Original Drawings by Great Cartoonists". The sheet advertises "typical examples of the work of six famous American cartoonists, from which etchings have been made of the principal figures exactly the same size as in each original." The cartoonists represented are: "Donahey of 'The Cleveland Plain Dealer'; McCutcheon of 'The Chicago Tribune'; Frost in 'Collier's Weekly'; Davenport of 'The New York Journal'; May of 'The Cleveland Leader'; and Hoban of 'The New York Journal'". The set includes six proofs in a portfolio, for the price of $2.00. This advertisement is illustrated with three sample cartoons from three of the aforementioned cartoonists; the illustrations are in a vertical line along the right-hand side of the page.
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Success in Art: How You Can Achieve It

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One publisher's advertisement flyer, entitled Success in Art: How You Can Achieve It, by Ben Duggar, editor, Professional Art Quarterly, 1940. This 4-page advertisement suggests that by subscribing to the magazine one can become a successful artist. The fourth page is a subscription coupon.

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How to Draw: The Right and The Wrong Way

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One art instruction book entitled How to Draw: The Right and The Wrong Way, by A.S. Avery, published by The University Publishing Co., New York and Baltimore, copyright 1872. Also on the title page: "Illustrated with over one hundred figures. Adapted for use in public and private schools, and prepared expressly for all persons who do not know how to draw, but would like to learn." This book is comprised of 14 individual lessons, each of which consists of an illustrated (lithograph) plate and a numbered half-page of textual guidelines and instruction. The lessons are progressive in that each one builds upon the previous lesson, and they range from basic and introductory to more complex. For example, Lesson 1 is devoted to drawing straight lines; Lesson 4 is for shading "to give more boldness to the figures..."; Lesson 7 is a continuation of learning curved lines, and Lesson 14 is to draw a scene in which an old castle is the focal point. The front cover is elaborately decorated and illustrated; the title and cover vignette are framed by a stick-and-ivy pattern. The vignette pictures three children who are studying and drawing a house. The vignette is signed "Bobbett". On the back cover is a publisher's advertisement for "The Original Duntonian System of Rapid Writing", with a sample page from "Dunton's Drill Exercises in Movement". The insides of the front and back covers are blank. On the verso of the title page is a two-column list of drawing terms and definitions. "Presented to E.J. Loomis by the Author, A.S. Avery. October 1874" is written in ms., in ink, on the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.

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Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing, No. 2 & No. 3

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Two drawing books entitled Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing, No. 2 and No. 3 by John S. Clark, Mary Dana Hicks, and Walter S. Perry, published by Prang Educational Company, Boston, New York and Chicago, copyright 1888. Each is 32 pages in length and begins with three drill exercises, and continues with 13 numbered exercises which emphasize freehand copying of (lithographed) forms and objects. The front covers contain a single decorative element below the title, and the back cover features an illustrated publisher's advertisement for "Prang's Primary Course in Form Study and Drawing". Suggestions for use and a brief list of materials needed are given on the inside of the front covers; the inside of the back covers contain a publisher's advertisement for "Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing for Intermediate and Grammar Schools". The three drawing drills at the beginning of the book are designed to familiarize the student with correct form and use of drawing with a pencil, and emphasize straight and curved lines. The numbered exercises encourage copying from given images and objects supplied by the teacher or student. Each exercise includes an image, brief textual instructions, and space for copying. No. 2: Some of the exercises in No. 2 include an envelope, designs, leaves, and tableware. Most of the exercises have been copied. Two-thirds of one leaf belonging to Exercise XIII has been cut off and is missing. "Esther Gilmore" is written in ms., in pencil, on the front cover, along the spine end. No. 3: Some of the exercises in Book No. 3 are: a group of fruit; a cylinder; a rosette ornament and a small house. "Matthew E. Welch" is written in ms. along the spine side of the front cover, "2.00" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right hand front cover of both No. 2 and No. 3.

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Picture Studies for School Use

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One price list/advertisement entitled Picture Studies for School Use, published ca. 1935-1940 by F.A. Owen Publishing Company, Dansville, New York. At the top of the front cover of this publisher's advertisement is "Instructor Picture Study Series." This advertisement and price list is a single sheet, folded into 6 pages. It is illustrated with black and white sample images, and is printed in black and orange. It states that reproductions are available both in miniature and in a larger format (9 3/4 in. x 12 3/4 in.), provides a list of subjects available, and categorizes some of the images into appropriate grade levels.

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Drawing book of original drawings

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One drawing book of original drawings, untitled, artist unnamed, ca. 1890? The book is 8 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains 8 original pencil drawings, primarily of landscapes. None of the drawings are signed. The book is without covers. Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between the leaves. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Instruction in Drawing in Primary and Intermediate Schools in Europe and America: A Critical Review of the Prang Course in Form-Study and Drawing

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One pamphlet entitled Instruction in Drawing in Primary and Intermediate Schools in Europe and America. A Critical Review of the Prang Course in Form-Study and Drawing, by Arnold Dodel, with an introduction by Louis Prang, published by The Prang Educational Company, Boston, ca. 1890. This pamphlet is 36 numbered pages in length, and is not illustrated. The 9-page introduction is signed by Louis Prang, and is dated March 1, 1890. "University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge" is printed on the verso of the title page.

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