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Description: Four art reproduction postcards, printed by the Meriden Gravure Company, Meriden, Connecticut, ca. 1935. Each black and white portrait bears a distinct portrait. They are: "Portrait of his Father"; "Lady with a Gold Chain"; "Self Portrait", and "A Lady and Gentleman in Black", all by Rembrandt van Rijn. Title and/or artist has been added, in ms. pencil, to the front sides of the last two postcards. "Printed by the Heliotype Corp., Boston" is printed on the verso of "Self Portrait". Title supplied by cataloger.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: [circa 1935?]
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Diana Korzenik, August 1997.; transferred from Huntington Art Reference Library, May 2000.

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One set of art reproductions of paintings and murals, published by University Prints, Newton, Massachusetts, printed not before 1915. This set includes 20 black and white reproductions. Below each is printed "University Prints, Boston", its number within the series, the title of the image, and artist. Some of the reproductions included are: "Picture writing" by Alexander; "The Printing Press" by Alexander; "Oak Tree" by Dupre; and "Alice" by Chase. The last 3 images are in a larger format, and were laid into HEH RB# 603435, all of which are by John W. Alexander. Title supplied by cataloger.

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One set of art reproductions of paintings, murals and photographs, published by the Horace K. Turner Company, Boston, ca. 1906. This set is comprised of 58 black and white reproductions, each numbered and labeled "Turner Picture Study Prints". Title of the image, and artist name is printed below each image. Some of the cards bear a copyright date of 1906. Among the images included are: a photograph entitled "Amalfi"; Choosing the Caskets" by Ferdinand Barth; "Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emmanual Lautze; "Delphic Sybil" by M. Buonarroti, and "Spirit of '76" by Archibald M. Willard. There are many duplicate images. Title supplied by cataloger.

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One set (incomplete) of art reproductions from Mentzer Bush & Co., Chicago and New York, published ca. 1925, which includes 5 cards representing 3 different paintings: "The Primitive Sculptor" by Couse; "Don Carlos on Horseback" by Velasquez, and "Galahad the Deliverer" by Abbey. There are two copies of the Couse painting; one copy of "Don Carlos", and two copies of the painting by Abbey. Each of these cards is printed in color, and contains the painting's title, artist, and collection or museum where the original resides, publisher's name and series title ("Great Masterpieces, Juniors"). The size of the cards varies; dimensions given are for the largest cards only. Title supplied by cataloger.

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One set (incomplete) of art reproductions published by the F.A. Owen Publishing Co., Dansville, New York, ca. 1925. This set includes 28 art reproduction cards and 4 pieces of ephemera, of which two are printed and two are ms. items. All of the reproductions are printed in color, and each card bears the title of the image, its artist, the number of that image within the F.A. Owen series, and the publisher's name. Some of the images included within this set are: "The Grand Canal" by Turner; "Autumn" by Mauve; "Madonna of the Chair" by Raphael; "Pilgrims Going to Worship" by Boughton, and "The Blue Boy" by Gainsborough. The quality of the reproductions varies; some are very clear and others are misaligned and blurred. Color and clarity varies within the duplicates as well. Title supplied by cataloger.

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One set of art reproductions from Art Extension Society. Each of these cards are from the "Artext Junior" series. There are 50 individual cards, many of which are duplicates. All of the cards are color, reproductions of works of art (primarily paintings) by artists from the United States and Europe. Printed below the image is the following information: name of series and number within; title; artist name and his or her birth and death dates; collection or museum name; country or educational 'school'; name of copyright holder, and card publisher. Some of the paintings (and artists) within this set are: "Galahad the Deliverer" by Edwin A. Abbey; "The Merchant Gisze" by Holbein; "Men Are Square" by Gerrit A. Beneker; "Dancing in a Ring" by Thoma; and "Consuelo" by Zuloaga. One use of these art reproduction cards was to introduce students to art of different cultures. The cards vary in size; they are roughly 3 x 5 in. each. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Five art reproductions by the George P. Brown & Co., Beverly, Massachusetts, published ca. 1925[?]. This set of reproductions belongs to the "Brown's Pictures" series. Each of these 5 cards is printed in black and white, and along with the image, contains, the series name, the word "Miniature", number in the series, and the artist's name. For example, the reproduction in env. 51 reads: "'Pilgrims Going to Church'; Brown's Pictures- Miniature- 66. Boughton." The other reproductions in this set are: "Signing the Declaration of Independence" by Trumbull; "Return of the Mayflower" [credit not given]; "Martha Washington" [credit not given]; and "John Alden and Priscilla" [credit not given]. Only the back of "John Alden and Priscilla," contains additional information; "This is a sample of Brown's Miniature Pictures, 840 subjects, size 3 x 3 1/4..." and list sitems and prices for others in the series. Title supplied by cataloger.

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