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Drawing Tablet

Description: One drawing book of original drawings entitled Drawing Tablet, artist unnamed, manufactured by the Pennsylvania School Supply Co., Philadelphia, ca. 1890? The drawing book is 14 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains original pencil drawings of geometric shapes, patterns and designs, some of which are labeled. The front and back covers are illustrated with a woodcut scene of a seated woman painting in her studio. Below the image is the series phrase "Student's Series - No. 2221." Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between each of the leaves.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1890
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)

Erasable (School) Drawing and Writing Tablet, No. 2

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One drawing book entitled Erasable (School) Drawing and Writing Tablet, No. 2, printed by American Tablet Manuf. Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 1871, "patented October 24, 1865, and August 7, 1866." The front cover of the "tablet" shows a young lady sitting in a chair drawing on a sheet of paper. The tablet contains six pages of heavy paper board. The first four pages consist of two sets of printed images and blank areas. The last two pages of the tablet feature penmanship examples and blank areas below. "General Instructions" are on the back cover of the tablet. The student was supposed to "[d]raw in the blank spaces with a soft lead pencil, and erase with a damp woolen cloth." However, the majority of the printed images have been traced over rather than copied. In the upper-right hand corner of the second page is an indecipherable penciled note.

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Drawing book of original drawings created by Anna Carpenter

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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.

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Drawing book of original drawings

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One drawing book of original drawings, untitled, artist unnamed, ca. 1890? The book is 8 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains 8 original pencil drawings, primarily of landscapes. None of the drawings are signed. The book is without covers. Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between the leaves. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Drawing book of original drawings, circa 1845

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One drawing book of original drawings, untitled, creator unnamed, ca. 1845. The book is 16 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains original pencil drawings primarily of houses and animals. The drawings are undated and unsigned. Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between each of the leaves. An accompanying not from DK reads, in part, "After Coe drawing cards?" 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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Drawing Book

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One book of original drawings by Charles H. Barnett entitled Drawing Book, created not before 1878. The book of drawings is 12 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains 11 drawings on the first 11 leaves and a 12th drawing which is on a piece of paper laid in front of the last leaf. The drawing book was a blank book, with printed covers that were intended to be completed with original drawings. The back cover contains two images of seals, one of the "Republique Francaise" and one of the "Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1878, Paris." "Mark Twain's Scrap Book" and "Paris Exposition 1878" are printed above and below the two seals. The original drawings, primarily of buildings and houses, all are in pencil. Some are signed "C.H.B." A tissue guardsheet is bound in between each of the leaves.

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