National Drawing Models | Collections | The Huntington

National Drawing Models | Collections | The Huntington

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Subseries S. Models: Wood
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Chiefly wooden models of shapes for drawing, which may also used in counting and auditory exercises.
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Drawing and Painting Exercises After Models for Children
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One boxed painting set entitled Drawing and Painting Exercises After Models for Children, manufactured by W. & S. B., ca. 1885. The set is comprised of 7 sheets of paper for drawing and painting, a paper palette onto which 6 small round cakes of watercolor paints are mounted, and 11 cutout stencils made from engravings. Also included is one stencil of the initials "OEL." The 11 "specimens" include a woman holding a bowl, a man with an apron full of fruit, and various farm animals. The box that houses these materials is made of light wood and paperboard, and is hinged along the left-hand side, so it opens as a book does. Instructions are printed on the cover: "Take one of the specimens, place it on the white paper and with the pencil describe the outline of it. The figure thus sketched may be finished off by coloring with the paints. - Another mode, by placing the models on paper and marking only a few of the principal points to be afterwards continued to complete, the specimen will be found to greatly improve and increase the taste for drawing." "Orin E. Littlefield, Kittery" is written in ms., in pencil, on the back of the box. The seven sheets of paper contain original and traced artwork. One of the cakes of paint is missing from the palette, and only fragments remain of two others.
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American Text Books of Art Education: Model and Object Drawing, Number One and Number Two
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Two drawing books entitled American Text Books of Art Education: Model and Object Drawing, Number One and Number Two, by Walter Smith, published by L. Prang & Company, Boston, 1875. There are two copies of Number One; one is issued separately, the other bound together with Number Two. This "double issue" has an additional plain paper cover, with a Prang ownership stamp in the upper right-hand corner. On the inside of this additional cover is an ink stamp reading: "Royal B. Farnum, Director Art Education, State of Massachusetts", with "7/6/28" written in ms., in ink, below it. Each of the books is 20 pages in length, and contain numbered exercises. Each exercise is comprised of instructional text, a lithograph image for copying, and space for copying. The books have not been completed by previous owners. Some of the objects and models pictured in the books include: fruit and vegetables, drinking vessels of various kinds, seashells, chairs and geometrical solid forms. On the inside of each of the front covers are directions and instructions for using the books; on the inside of the back covers are illustrated names and definitions of the shapes and forms used throughout, and an advertisement for wooden drawing models. On the back covers are publisher's advertisements for other Smith books.
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Bradley’s Kindergarten Material, No. 4, Fourth Gift
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One set of wood blocks entitled Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 4, Fourth Gift, manufactured by Milton Bradley & Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1900. The set is comprised of 8 wooden 1-inch cube blocks, housed inside a wooden box with a sliding lid. A paper label is mounted to the front side of the box; the label bears the title and manufacturer's name. The cubes were used as models for drawing, and were also used in counting and auditory exercises.
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Bradley’s Kindergarten Material, No. 5, Fifth Gift
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One set of wooden blocks entitled Bradley’s Kindergarten Material, No. 5, Fifth Gift, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1900. The set is comprised of 11 square cubes, 6 large triangle forms (which, together, form three cubes divided diagonally), and 12 small triangular forms (which, together, form three cubes divided into quarters diagonally). One quarter triangle appears to be missing. Each of the whole cubes measures 1 inch (in height, width and depth). In addition, thirteen of the square blocks have numbers penciled on one side. The set is housed within a wooden box with a sliding lid and a paper label mounted to the front side. One use of these blocks was as drawing models.
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Set of six small, geometric wood models
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One set of six small, geometric wood models. The 6 models are three-dimensional forms, three of which are labeled. They include: "Hexagonal Prism," "Hemisphere," and "Triangular Prism." The other models are a cylinder, a cube, and a pyramid. The cube has been scribed so that it appears to have been made from eight smaller cubes. The top portion of the pyramid can be removed. All the models are small--for example, the triangular prism is 2 7/8" W x 7/8" H (7.5cm x 2.1cm). Title supplied by cataloger.
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