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Class in Etching

Description: One flyer entitled Class in Etching, published by Boston University, School of Education, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1935. This small, 4-page leaflet explains the technique of etching and promotes a course on the subject offered by Mr. John Buckley through Boston University Art Department. The illustration of the first page is a reproduction of Mr. Buckely's painting entitled "Holiday-Rockport".
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1935
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)
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Adult Life Enrichment, State University Extension Class: This Changing World of Ours

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One flyer entitled Adult Life Enrichment, State University Extension Class: This Changing World of Ours, published by Massachusetts Department of Education, Division of University Extension, Boston, Massachusetts. It is Vol. XIII, Whole No. 22, October 21, 1940. This 6-page leaflet is an advertisement for an extension course offered November 1940-January 1941. The dates of each lecture and brief, illustrated biographical sketches of each of the speakers are given. A typed mailing address is printed on the first page: "Jennie V. Ruth, 1 Marchant St., Gloucester, Mass 4B-25".

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Designs for Piercing, Chasing and Etching

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One pattern book entitled Designs for Piercing, Chasing and Etching, published by William Dixon Incorporated, Newark, New Jersey, copyright 1937. This book is a looseleaf portfolio of 31 numbered plates, containing "more than two hundred motifs" and a single sheet with prefatory text. There are several plates of images per "series"; the series are entitled: Ornaments, Animals, Birds, Designs, Borders and Initials. A small, vertically-oriented rectangular floral design is centered on the front cover. The back cover, as well as the insides of the covers, are blank.

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The Etching of Copper and Brass; The Lamp Shade; Designs to Fill Given Spaces; and Oil Cloth--Its Decoration

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Four art instruction booklets entitled The Etching of Copper and Brass (Lesson 25); The Lamp Shade (Lesson 18); Designs to Fill Given Spaces (Lesson 7); and Oil Cloth--Its Decoration (Lesson 16), by Gabriel Andre Petite, published by Fireside Industries, Inc., copyright 1924-1925. The booklets range in length from 8 to 16 pages, and begin with instructional text followed by 1-4 pages of sample designs. The Etching of Copper and Brass is the only booklet with an illustrated front cover; the other three have decorative frames with a leaf pattern.

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Catalog of the Sixteenth Annual Exhibition

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One art show catalog entitled Catalog of the Sixteenth Annual Exhibition, First part July Third to July 29th 1936, published by Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Massachusetts, 1936. This catalog is 4 pages in length; it is a single sheet that has been folded to create 4 pages. The interior 2 pages and the last page are a listing of the title of the work, its artist, and the price. The catalog is divided into three categories: Oils and Watercolors; Etchings, Drawings and Designs; and Sculpture.

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30th Anniversary Rockport Art Association Exhibition Catalog, First Part, 1950

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One exhibition catalog, entitled 30th Anniversary Rockport Art Association Exhibition Catalog, First Part, 1950, published by Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Massachusetts, 1950. The interior title reads: "The Rockport Art Association 30th Annual Exhibition." The catalog is 68 pages in length, and contains a listing of the items in the exhibition, as well as a sampling (reproductions) of some of the items exhibited. The images are black and white. The first few and last few pages of this catalog contain a variety of advertisements. The catalog is bound in a bright yellow paper cover with blue printing.

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32nd Annual Exhibition Catalog, First Part, 1952

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One exhibition catalog entitled The Rockport Art Association 32nd Annual Exhibition, First part: 1952, published by Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Massachusetts, 1952. This exhibition catalog is 64 numbered pages in length; it contains a list of the exhibited items, and black and white reproductions illustrating some of these. The first and last few pages of this catalog are advertisements. The insides of the front and back covers contain advertisements. "July 1952" is written in ms. on the front cover.

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