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A New Series of First Class Drawing Copies

Description: One drawing book entitled A New Series of First Class Drawing Copies, published by J. Cooke & Sons, London, ca. 1880? This book is comprised of 7 lithograph plates intended for copying. Each of the plates, with one exception, contains two images. The image on the left-hand side is a picture in outline, and the image on the right is that same image, but complete with shading and texture. The one exception is a full-page illustration that is already complete with shading and texture. The front and back covers are printed in red. The title on the front cover is within a decorative frame. The back cover features a vignette of 3 children who are drawing. "10--" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the first page.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1880?
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)

A New Series of First Class Drawing Copies

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One drawing book entitled A New Series of First Class Drawing Copies, published by J. Cooke & Sons, London, ca. 1880? This book is comprised of 9 lithograph leaves of floral images intended for copying. Neither the leaves nor the images are numbered, with the exception of the 8th leaf, on which is printed: "B. Dondorf in Frankfurt a M. No. 137." The front cover is printed in green. Below the title is printed: "Two pence the book. Considering their finish and beauty of style these are by far the cheapest drawing copies yet introduced." The back cover is lacking.

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École de Dessin, No 272

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One drawing book entitled École de Dessin, No 272, publisher not given, ca. 1850. This French drawing book is comprised of 12 lithograph plates, containing 6 different images, in pairs. Each image appears twice; once in outline form and again in completed form with shading, texture, etc. Two of the plates are labeled. The penultimate plate is printed with the lithographer's name at the bottom: "Lith. de Becquet fres." The front cover is printed on green paper and is decorated with a vignette of two seated girls reading a book, with the title of this book printed on a board at their feet. The book number (272) is stamped in red ink at the bottom. "Sophia Lincoln Gould, from Uncle John, Jan. 1, 1850" is written in ms., in ink, on the front flyleaf.

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Learn to Draw with Jon Gnagy

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One drawing instruction book entitled Learn to Draw with Jon Gnagy: America's television art instructor, published by A. Brown in New York, 1950. [The publication information and date are not on the item; they have been supplied by OCLC] The first 2 pages are missing. This book is 64 pages in length, and is comprised of progressive drawing lessons. It begins with warm-up exercises which include lines, shapes, and forms, as well as brief lessons in shading, shadowing and texture. Also included are lessons in composition, perspective and realistic representation. The middle section of the book is comprised of 7 6-page exercises, and the remainder is devoted to learning to draw the human figure and faces. The illustrations throughout are in black and white. The longer lessons include a still life of vegetables and fruit; a woman and child on a dock at a riverbank and a steam engine approaching a train station, among others. Below the title on the front cover is a photographic image of Jon Gnagy drawing a picture. The back cover duplicates the front cover. The insides of the front and back covers are blank. "50" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, on the upper right-hand corner of p. 3.

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Barnes' Popular Drawing Series

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Four drawing books entitled Barnes' Popular Drawing Series, published by A.S. Barnes and Company, New York and Chicago, copyright 1881; numbered 5, 5, 6 and 8. There are 2 copies of Set No. 5; one (in Env. 2) is a set of double-sided looseleaf plates in an envelope; Book No. 5 (Env. 3) is a bound duplicate of Envelope 2 (Box 1), except the plates in the bound copy are single-sided. Book No. 5 contains plates no. 33-40; Book No. 6 contains plates no. 41-48; Book No. 8 contains plates no. 57-64. Each bound book is bound in a light green, decorated and illustrated paper cover, and the inside of each back cover contains additional designs, labeled as Place C in Books 5 and 6, and labeled as Plate D in Book 8. The back cover of each book is titled "Barnes' Popular Drawing" and contains descriptions of several drawing courses available through the company. The outer envelope of the unbound No. 5 has "5-" (price) written in ms., in pencil, on the lower right-hand corner.

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Philips' Drawing Copy Book, Design & Drawn by a Practical Teacher, No. 3

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One drawing book entitled Philips' Drawing Copy Book, Designed & Drawn by a Practical Teacher, No. 3, published by George Philip & Son, London, ca. 1870. This book is comprised of 8 lithographed, unnumbered plates. Each plate is comprised of an image (buildings, such as houses and churches) and space for copying. There is no text. The title on the front cover is superimposed on a lithograph view of a man who is drawing at the edge of a lake, with a mountainous background. Most of the interior plates are signed by different artists. These include: Greet; Coalport; Birmingham; Troubridge; Bridnorth[?]; Douglas; the last image is unsigned. At the bottom of the front cover a blue paper label is mounted. It reads: "Boston School Supply Co. 15 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass. John A Boyle, Manager." The back cover bears a publisher's advertisement for "Philips' Drawing Copy Books, series of easy landscapes."

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Krüsi's Drawing: Perspective Series

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One art instruction book entitled Krüsi's Drawing: Perspective Series, No. 12, published by D. Appleton & Co., New York, copyright 1874 and 1879. This book contains 12 black and white images on 24 pages (one image per leaf). Space is provided next to each image for copying. These images include flowers, plants, vases and a landscape scene. The front cover is decoratively bordered and illustrated. The back cover is a publisher's advertisement for Krusi's Inventive Drawing, "Adopted in nearly Five Hundred Cities and Town within Six Months after its Publication." None of the images have been copied.

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