Teachers' Manual for Free-Hand Drawing in Primary Schools | Collections | The Huntington

Teachers' Manual for Free-Hand Drawing in Primary Schools | Collections | The Huntington

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The Teachers' Companion to the American Drawing-Slates: No. 1.--Free-Hand Drawing, Elementary and Advanced
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One book entitled The Teachers' Companion to the American Drawing-Slates: No. 1.--Free-Hand Drawing, Elementary and Advanced, by Walter Smith, published by Noyes, Holmes, and Company, Boston, 1872. On the verso of the title page is printed: "Riverside, Cambridge: Electrotyped and Printed by H.O. Houghton and Company." This booklet is 52 numbered pages in length, and features white-on-black drawing card reproductions as illustrations. Following an 8-page introduction, the book is divided into two sections, Free-hand Drawing, parts 1 and 2. Both sections include use of straight and curved lines. The insides of the front and back covers, as well as the back cover, are blank. "E.A.W." (previous owner) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover. "25-" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.
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A Course of Free-Hand, Model, and Object Drawing: Designed for Primary, Grammar, and High Schools
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One booklet entitled A Course of Free-Hand, Model, and Object Drawing: Designed for Primary, Grammar, and High Schools, by Professor Walter Smith, published by Noyes, Holmes, and Company, Boston, 1872. At the bottom of the cover is printed, "J.W.C. Gilman, Agent." This booklet consists of 16 unnumbered pages, including the front and back covers. It appears to be a publisher's advertisement for the Smith drawing system and its products. The first few pages are advertisements for drawing slates, drawing-cards and drawing books. The next few pages are an overview of the general method of the system, and "Specimen Pages from 'The Teachers' Companion'", with white-on-black illustrations. The back cover (also the last page) are listed "Reasons for Adopting the American Drawing Series", signed by J.W.C. Gilman, Agent for Introduction. The front cover of this advertisement features an illustration of a drawing slate and drawing cards.
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White's School Series of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand
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One drawing book entitled White's School Series of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand, by H.P. Smith, published by Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., New York and Chicago, copyright 1878. "Engravings by John Karst" appears on the lower right-hand corner of the front cover. This book consists of 16 pages with 15 lessons (lesson 15 is wanting). Each lesson is accompanied by blank space or partial-model for copying by the owner. Some of the items for copying include vases, plants and flowers, Egyptian and Greek ornaments and designs, and pattern designs. The front cover is illustrated with a decorative border and an image of a decorated vase. The inside back cover lists geometric terms and their definitions, as well as quotations from Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones. The outside back cover is a publisher's advertisement for "White's School Series of Industrial Drawing and Progressive Art Studies." This book is vertically oriented; the spine is along the long side of the book at the top, and is to be opened and used by lifting the cover up, instead of to the right, as usual. Some of the images have been copied in pencil by a previous owner. "Annie S. Todd" is written in ms. at the top of the front cover.
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Bartholomew's Primary School Drawing Cards, No. 1
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One set of drawing cards entitled Bartholomew's Primary School Drawing Cards, No. 1, by W. N. Bartholomew, published by Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., New York and Chicago, 1874. This set is comprised of 10 double-sided lithograph cards, principally containing line drawing lessons on each side, totaling 20 lessons. The exercises in this series are listed on the envelope wrapper, below the title: "SET No. 1 - Simple exercises in placing points, drawing lines, plane figures, familiar objects and ornamental forms; also lessons in Printing and Writing." Sets 2 and 3 are also described. Each lesson is printed on a black background, with the image or letter to be copied in white. These drawing cards were designed to be used in conjunction with a drawing slate; the card would be placed in the card holder at one end of the slate, and the image copied onto the slate. The penmanship lessons on Card 10 are labeled "Payson, Dunton & Scribner's Penmanship." On the back side of the envelope is a publisher's advertisement for "Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing" books. The dimensions provided are for the envelope.
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Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand, No. 3 and No. 4
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Two drawing books entitled Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand, No. 3 and No. 4, by William N. Bartholomew, published by Potter, Ainsworth & Company, New York and Chicago, 1874. This book is 16 pages in length and contains unnumbered exercises which range from one to three per page. The focus is on outline drawing: "the subjects selected as examples for practice are lines, angles, plane geometrical figures, ornamental forms, and outlines of familiar objects." Some of the exercises include: drinking goblets, a call bell, a candlestick holder and floral and leafy designs and patterns. All of the exercises have been completed by a previous owner. A decorative, horizontally-oriented frame surrounds the title on the front cover: patterns and ornamental designs fill the left-hand panel and a small, square image of an artist's easel and palette is in the upper right-hand corner of the frame. In the two bottom corners of the frame are places for the student to fill in his or her name and school and grade. On the inside of the front cover is an explanation of the Industrial Series itself, as well as some recommendations for materials to be used with this system. Three testimonials for the Bartholomew System from New York newspapers appear on the inside of the back cover. At the end of the testimonials is a list of the books that comprise the Bartholomew National System of Drawing. On the back cover of each is a publisher's advertisement for "Magill's French Series" of language books. Prior ownership: "V.B White" is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover. "Viola B. White" is written in ms. in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover in the space labeled "Name"; "Haigh School" is written in ms. in the space labeled "School".
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Industrial Drawing in Public Schools: A Course of Three Lectures Addressed to the Principals and Teachers of the Primary, Grammar, and High Schools of the City of Boston
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One pamphlet entitled Industrial Drawing in Public Schools: A Course of Three Lectures Addressed to the Principals and Teachers of the Primary, Grammar, and High Schools of the City of Boston, by Walter Smith, published by L. Prang and Company, Boston, 1875. Also on the title page is printed "Published by Request." This book is 54 numbered pages in length, and is divided into 3 sections, one for each of the three school levels. Each section addresses issues relevant to the teaching of drawing and industrial drawing in the schools. A few white-on-black reproductions of drawing cards from the Smith system are included in the book. The insides of both covers, as well as the back cover, are blank.
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