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High Art for Little People

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Description: 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 in the Nursery

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One drawing book entitled Art in the Nursery, published by D. Lothrop & Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1879. The front cover illustration, printed by J. H. Buffords Sons, Boston & New York, shows seven children in a room, three of whom are painting. The image is bordered by flowers. The back cover image, entitled "A Mother's Lullaby," and signed by J. G. Francis, is reproduced from the magazine Babyland, also published by D. Lothrop & Company. 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 contains 61 images (including the Santa Claus), of which 24 are images in white on black with a wood border--mimicking images drawn on slates with chalk. The other 37 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".

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Art Studies for Little People: Landscapes

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One painting book entitled Art Studies for Little People: Landscapes, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1902. The title page reads: Object Painting Book. This book is comprised of 8 leaves of chromolithograph plates: half in full color and half in dull green and black tones, intended for coloring by the student. The front cover is a chromolithograph of a house on a hillside, and cherry trees in bloom. "Copyright 1901 by McLoughlin Bros., New York" is printed in the lower left-hand corner. The back cover is blank, except for the Mother Goose logo in the lower right-hand corner, and "No. 83 1/2" printed below it. The inside of the front cover is illustrated with a palette containing 5 colors. "Directions for Using the Colors Printed on Other Half of Cover" are printed on the inside of the back cover. The title page, which bears a different title from that on the front cover ("Object Painting Book"), is decorated with line drawings. "Copyright 1902" is printed at the bottom of the title page. The images in the book are accompanied by rhymes and poems. None of the images have been colored in.

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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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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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Little People's Pictures Painting Book: Father Tuck's Little Artist Series

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One painting book entitled Little People's Pictures Painting Book: Father Tuck's Little Artist Series, published by Kaufmann & Strauss Co., New York, ca. 1910. This 24-page painting book is comprised of lithograph images for painting and tracing and chromolithograph plates as samples. "Father Tuck's Little Artists Series" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. The front and back covers are chromolithographs; the image on the front cover is of a boy, seated on the floor, in front of a painting he has created. The image on the back cover is of a child's drum toy. "Instructions for Little Artists" are printed on the inside of the front cover, and more information about color is printed on the inside of the back cover. "12.50" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper left-hand corner of the inside of the front cover.

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Little Darlings' Drawing Book

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One drawing book entitled Little Darlings' Drawing Book, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., London, ca. 1900. The chromolithograph image on the front cover shows a young girl, with a rabbit in her lap, drawing in a book; the lower-left corner bears the series title Father Tuck's Little Artists' Series. The back cover features a girl running next to a hoop. The company's trademark and "No. 3625" are in the lower left-hand corner above design and printing locations--England and Germany, respectively. The book has 16 pages of outline images, and tracing paper overlays. The images depict children at play, or are scenes from children's stories and are variously signed "MB", "EH". "M Bowley" or "Edith Taylor"; some are unsigned. Seven of the outline images have been filled in using colored pencils or crayons; others have been traced. Across the top of the front cover, the name "Miss Hazel Wheeler" has been written in pencil. Inside the front cover, also in pencil, is "Hazel Wheeler. Christmas 1904." On the back cover, in the upper right-hand corner, is a price sticker with "8--" written in ink.

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