Art in the Nursery

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  Art in the Nursery

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  One drawing book entitled Art in the Nursery, published for D. Lothrop & Company, Boston, by John Wilson & Son/University Press, 1879. The front cover shows seven children in a room, three of whom are painting. The image is bordered by flowers. The back cover is an advertisement for The Children's Almanac, by Ella Farman. The title page is subtitled Pictures for Baby to draw and Pictures for Baby to laugh at. Opposite the title page is an image of a laughing Santa Claus. The book appears to be a slightly different, smaller, edition of the same book in box 30, Env. 15. There are 29 images, as opposed to 61; sheets of tissue paper have been inserted between the images; and some of the images, both slate and comical, differ from those in Env. 15. Twelve of the images are done in white on black with a wood border--mimicking images drawn on slates with chalk. These images were intended for the children to copy onto their own slates. The other 17 images are children at play, or anthropomorphised animals at play, with amusing captions. Many of the images are signed by the artists, including J G Francis, Palmer Cox, and "Koz". The first comical image has been traced onto the tissue paper insert with pencil. On the inside cover, written in ms., in pencil, is an inscription "Franklin, from Aunt Eunice" and above it, also in pencil, "1879."

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  High Art for Little People

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  One drawing/tracing book entitled High Art for Little People, published by D. Lothrop & Company, Boston, 1882. The cover image, surrounded by a floral border, is a cherub-like child sitting on a tree branch painting while four birds watch. The image of cats on the back cover, entitled "A Mother's Lullaby," is reproduced from the magazine Babyland, also published by D. Lothrop & Company. There are 31 images in the book--12 are slate pictures for children to copy, 15 are outlined images that the child could fill in, the remainder are comical drawings. Some of the images have been filled in using watercolors. All of the images have titles and depict scenes from the farm or anthropomorphic animals. On the inside cover, in pen, is the inscription "Bertie Woodworth/ From Aunt Fannie/ Christmas 1882" and under "Christmas" is the name "Albert" in a child's handwriting.

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  Art reproductions

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  One set of art reproductions of paintings, murals and photographs, published by the Horace K. Turner Company, Boston, ca. 1906. This set is comprised of 58 black and white reproductions, each numbered and labeled "Turner Picture Study Prints". Title of the image, and artist name is printed below each image. Some of the cards bear a copyright date of 1906. Among the images included are: a photograph entitled "Amalfi"; Choosing the Caskets" by Ferdinand Barth; "Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emmanual Lautze; "Delphic Sybil" by M. Buonarroti, and "Spirit of '76" by Archibald M. Willard. There are many duplicate images. Title supplied by cataloger.

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  Outline Pictures for Little Paint Brushes

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  One painting book entitled Outline Pictures for Little Paint Brushes, published by D. Lothrop & Co., Boston, copyright 1881. The title page is subtitled With Stories Giving Hints for Coloring, by the Editors of Babyland. The figures were drawn by George F. Barnes. The cover of the book shows a young girl sitting under a blooming tree branch using watercolor to paint in a book. The back cover features two outlined images in gold. Twelve of the fourteen images in the book are accompanied by stories which hint at which colors to use and where. All of the images have been filled in using watercolor. The note in the front of the book advises that "a good thing to do is to first copy the picture on white paper, and try colors upon that until you are suited, before painting the one in the book." One free hand image appears at the back of the book. It depicts a young lady sitting on a fence rail, looking back at the viewer over her left shoulder. The last several pages have had the corners trimmed or cut off.

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  Steps to Art

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  One boxed painting set entitled Steps to Art, ca. 1920. This set is comprised of 8 rectangular cakes of watercolor paint, a paintbrush, 2 glass jars, a white porcelain mixing tray with three wells, and a hinged folder inside of which are mounted two books: one is entitled Studies, the other Subjects. Each book consists of 16 leaves; Studies contains color images to be used as samples, and Subjects contains the same images, in outline form, for painting. This folder is bound in black and gold marbled paper, and is decorated on the top cover with a color image of a sailboat. The larger box is also covered in black and gold marbled paper, and the same image is mounted in the upper left-hand corner of the lid. Some of the images in the Subject book have been painted in with watercolor. Neither a manufacturer's name, nor a date, are given.

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  Art reproductions

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  One set of art reproductions of paintings and murals, published by University Prints, Newton, Massachusetts, printed not before 1915. This set includes 20 black and white reproductions. Below each is printed "University Prints, Boston", its number within the series, the title of the image, and artist. Some of the reproductions included are: "Picture writing" by Alexander; "The Printing Press" by Alexander; "Oak Tree" by Dupre; and "Alice" by Chase. The last 3 images are in a larger format, and were laid into HEH RB# 603435, all of which are by John W. Alexander. Title supplied by cataloger.

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