White's School Series of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand | Collections | The Huntington

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Educational and Industrial Drawing: Primary Freehand Series
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One drawing book entitled Educational and Industrial Drawing: Primary Freehand Series, No. 1, by Langdon S. Thompson, published by D.C. Heath & Co., Boston, Chicago and New York, 1874. This book is comprised of 24 lessons (3 to a page) and 2 additional lessons, without textual instruction. The front cover is decoratively illustrated, with a vase bearing the author's name. The back cover is a publisher's advertisement for the Educational and Industrial System of Drawing, by Langdon S. Thompson, offered for sale by D.C. Heath & Co. On the inside of the front cover are explanations and directions for use of the series and this book, which are continued on the inside of the back cover. Wrapped around the pages of text (so that they appear to be the first and last pages) are three horizontal half sheets in three primary colors: yellow, red, and blue. Each of the lessons allows space for copying and practicing; only the first three lessons have been filled in.
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Krüsi's Drawing: Synthetic Series
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One drawing book entitled Krüsi's Drawing: Synthetic Series, New series, No. 2, published by D. Appleton & Co., New York, copyright 1878. This book consists of 16 pages of geometric designs, which emphasize the practice of lines and shapes. Suggestions to Teachers are printed on the inside of the front cover, and specifics of line drawing are outlined on the inside of the back cover. On each page are the illustrations and space intended for copying. The front cover is decoratively bordered; the back cover is a publisher's advertisement for Model Copy-Books in six numbers (penmanship studies), offered by D. Appleton & Co. Laid inside the book are three sheets of paper, two of which are blank. The third contains several original illustrations. A blue ownership stamp of I.A. Dexter is on the front cover.
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Teachers' Manual for Free-Hand Drawing in Primary Schools
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One book entitled Teachers' Manual for Free-Hand Drawing in Primary Schools, by Walter Smith, published by James R. Osgood & Company, Boston, 1873. Also on the title page: "Intended to accompany the American Drawing-Cards, by the same author." This book is 104 numbered pages in length, and is comprised of an Introduction and 5 chapters: "Chapter 1, Centre, Points, and Straight Lines; Chapter 2, Straight-Line Figures; Chapter 3, Simple Curves; Chapter 4, Compound Curves- the Ellipse and Oval; Chapter 5, Compound Curves- Reversed Curves- The Ogee- Abstract Curves." Each of the lessons refer to, and illustrate, the Smith drawing cards intended to accompany the book. Title is within a simple double-rule frame on the front cover. The insides of the covers, as well as the back cover, are blank. "Sarah F. Richmond, Dec. 1873" is written in ms., in ink, in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover. "dc, 5/84, 10-" is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the first page.
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Spencerian Drawing-Book, No. 2
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One drawing book entitled Spencerian Drawing-Book, No. 2, by Henry Hitchings, published by Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., New York and Chicago, copyright 1871. This book contains 24 lessons, two per a single half sheet, and accompanied by a full-size plain sheet for copying, so that the model lithograph illustration is next to the plain sheet. In this particular booklet, each lesson leaf is bound in backwards, so that Lesson II appears first, and Lesson I is on the verso, and the booklet continues in that manner. General textual instructions and instructions for each of the lessons begin on the inside of the front cover, continue on to the inside of the back cover, and end on the back cover. The lessons progress from simple to more complex images; Lesson I is of simple boxes; later lessons include various pieces of furniture, columns and buckets. Each of the lessons has been completed in pencil, and some are signed in ms. "A.M. Thayer 1874". The front cover is illustrated with a view of a young woman, seated at a writing desk, pencil in hand. Below the title is "Prepared by H. Hitchings, Teacher of Drawing in the English High School of Boston, Massachusetts. Late of the United States Naval School at Annapolis, Maryland." Also on the front cover, in the upper right-hand corner, is "Annie M. Thayer. Sep., Oct. & Nov. 1874.", written in ms.
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System of Industrial Art Drawing: Ornamentation
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One drawing book entitled System of Industrial Art Drawing: Ornamentation, by E. Croasdale, published by J.M. Stoddart & Co., Philadelphia, copyright 1876. Also printed on the front cover is: "Issued in sets from the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, by E. Croasdale, Principal, Second Series, Number Three." This book contains 7 plates (plate VIII is wanting) of Egyptian design and motif. Each plate is faced by a blank page intended for copying. This book is vertically oriented, with the cover and pages intended to be lifted up, instead of to the left, as usual.
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Bartholomew's Drawing Book, New Series, Nos. 1, 2, 5
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Three drawing books, entitled Bartholomew's Drawing Book, New Series, Nos. 1, 2 and 5, by William N. Bartholomew, published by Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., New York, copyright 1867, 1869, and 1870 respectively. The exercises within each of the three books is comprised of 12 half-sheet numbered exercises interleaved with full-page blank leaves for copying and additional original artwork. Each book progress in level of difficulty, and the books themselves increase in their levels of complexity. Book 1 begins with exercises in drawing horizontal and vertical lines, and continues with using those lines in various combinations and patterns to draw simple designs and decorative forms. All of the exercises have been completed. On the inside front cover are notes and instructions for the series. Book 1 is missing the back cover; instructions for lessons 4 and later are missing. Book 2 incorporates angled straight lines, introduces curved lines, and begins to explore leaf and plant forms. These exercises are considerably more complex than those found in Book 1. Some of the exercises have been completed; primarily those at the very beginning and the very end of the book. The inside front cover contains notes about materials, notes to the teacher, and instructions for lesson 1. The back cover is also lacking. The 12 numbered exercises in Book 5 are of plants and flowers. Some of the images include pansies, lily of the valley, and a rose. Most of the exercises have been copied, and there are additional original drawings, some dated by the artist. The inside of the front cover contains notes about the materials to be used for this book and general remarks. The inside of the back cover contains instructions for using and copying the 12 lessons within the book. The outside back cover is a publisher's advertisement for various items within the "Bartholomew's System of Drawing", including writing and drawing slates, drawing books, drawing cards and a teacher's guide. The paper wrapper added by (presumably) Alice Dodge contains pencil sketches and doodles. "Henry I.[?] Tubbs" is written in ms. on the front covers of Books 1 and 2 in the upper right-hand corner. "Alice Dodge, Sept. 28, 1871" is written in ms., in pencil, across the top cover of Book 5.
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