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Drawing book of original drawings created by Anna Carpenter

Description: One drawing book of original drawings, untitled, created by Anna Carpenter, ca. 1845? The book is 24 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains both original and (presumably) copied pencil drawings. The first few pages are exercises of lines and shapes, and the remaining pages include images of trees, houses, landscapes, and fences. Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between the leaves. "Anna Carpenter" is written in ms. in the upper left-hand corner of the inside front cover. "10.00" (price) is written in ms., below it. The accompanying note written by DK reads in part: "Amazing progression in one book." Title supplied by cataloger.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1845
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)

Drawing book of original drawings created by Henry S. Tubbs

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One drawing book of original drawings, untitled, created by Henry S. Tubbs in 1883. The drawing book is 16 unnumbered pages in length, and contains 9 pencil drawings and 6 additional pencil drawings which are laid in. Most of the leaves in the book are blank. The drawings on the leaves include a small fairy, houses and landscapes, and floral designs. The drawings on separate sheets that have been laid in include a map of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi signed "Drawn by Henry Tubbs."; a house; a sailboat, and a whimsical image of a foot, with piglets for toes, with a "This Little Piggy" rhyme written in ms. alongside it; this drawing is on tissue paper. Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between the leaves. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Drawing book of original drawings created by Wynna Wright

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One drawing book of original drawings, untitled, created by Wynna Wright in 1908 and 1909. The drawing book is 38 unnumbered pages in length, and contains pencil drawings of women, a few of which have been colored with watercolor. Some of the drawings are labeled. The book is bound in gray cloth; "Wynna Wright 1908, + 1909." is written in ms., in pencil, on the front cover. "Wynna Wright, 8 years old, June 13, 1908" is written in ms. on the first page. A bookseller's label, "G.J. Esselen, Successor to Mrs. J.C. White, 19 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass." is mounted to the lower left-hand corner of the inside back cover. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Drawing book of original drawings created by M.H.B., 1852

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One drawing book of original drawings, untitled, created by M.H.B., 1852. The drawing book is 10 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains original pencil drawings, mostly of landscapes and buildings. The drawing book is bound within marblized paper covers, and is untitled. The first drawing is signed "M.H.B" and is dated 1852; some of the other drawings are also dated 1852. Colored tissue paper guard sheets have been laid in between the leaves. Title supplied by cataloger.

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One book of original pencil drawings, untitled, creator unnamed, created in 1839

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One book of original pencil drawings, untitled, creator unnamed, created in 1839. It is 102 unnumbered pages in length, and is bound in brown cloth and leather, with a (now broken) metal clasp on the fore-edge. Its images concerns things of a mechanical or engineering nature. It contains drawings and diagrams of things such as scissors, hook and eye fasteners, mechanical machines, and floor plans. There are also numerous pages of ms. notes; pages [5-19] are a record of employment as manager of the model department for the "British Association", and is dated 1839. Also included are numerous mathematical equations and ms. notes. There are several names written within, but none can be identified as the book's creator. Env. 1 DK note: "Engineering Book", has several drawn images of hook and eye fasteners, floor plans, and other mechanical devices. There are also notes and employee list from 1839 related to the British Association.

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Drawing Book

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One drawing book of original drawings entitled Drawing Book, created by Anna Warner in 1870. The book was manufactured by Nison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co., New York. The book is 10 leaves in length, and contains original pencil drawings, some of which are labeled. The book is bound in a yellow paper cover, and the front cover is illustrated with a lithograph scene of two men, one of whom is drawing and the other is painting. This scene is framed by large drapes held open by cherubs. Most of the pencil drawings are of building structures and houses; DK's accompanying note describes them as "formula drawings, with personal labels; 'our house'; 'our school house'." "Anna E. Warner, Batania [?] Drawing Book, N. York, Sep. 1, 1870." is written in ms. on the inside front cover and at the top of the front cover.

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