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The Pleasant Hour Drawing Book, for Instructive Sketching and Coloring Purposes

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Description: One drawing book entitled The Pleasant Hour Drawing Book, for Instructive Sketching and Coloring Purposes, publisher not given, ca. 1900. This small booklet is comprised of a single folded sheet that is mounted onto the inside back cover of a folded cover. The sheet, unfolded, contains 12 etchings in two rows, one above the other. Of these 12 images, there are only 6 different images. The six pictures on the right-hand side of the sheet are duplicates of those on the left. Some have been colored in with crayons. The paper cover is printed in red and blue. A company(?) logo of a bird in flight within a circle, with the initials "N.T.Y." below it appears in the upper right-hand corner of each of the covers.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1900
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)

The New Progressive Drawing Book, containing Lithographic Sketches, and Drawings of Landscape Scenery, Designed for Self Instruction

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One drawing book entitled The New Progressive Drawing Book, Containing Lithographic Sketches, and Drawings of Landscape Scenery, Designed for Self Instruction, published by C.P. Huestis, New York, 1847. This drawing book is 24 unnumbered pages in length and contains lithograph images only (no text). There are several different images per page, some of which are landscapes and seascapes. Title and publication information on the front cover are within a simple frame ornamented by acorns. The insides of the front and back covers are blank, and the back cover is a publisher's advertisement from C.P. Huestis. "35-" (price) is written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.

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Drawing Book

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One drawing book of original drawings entitled Drawing Book, created by Ella Seaver in 1879. The drawing book is 12 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains 14 pencil drawings, some of which are dated November 1879. The are images of flowers, floral designs, and some vases. An accompanying note from DK states the images are "after Walter Smith." Some of the leaves are blank. None of the images are signed, but "Ella Seaver" is written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover. There are tissue guard sheets between each of the leaves.

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Spencerian Drawing-Book, No. 2

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One drawing book entitled Spencerian Drawing-Book, No. 2, by Henry Hitchings, published by Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., New York and Chicago, copyright 1871. This book contains 24 lessons, two per a single half sheet, and accompanied by a full-size plain sheet for copying, so that the model lithograph illustration is next to the plain sheet. In this particular booklet, each lesson leaf is bound in backwards, so that Lesson II appears first, and Lesson I is on the verso, and the booklet continues in that manner. General textual instructions and instructions for each of the lessons begin on the inside of the front cover, continue on to the inside of the back cover, and end on the back cover. The lessons progress from simple to more complex images; Lesson I is of simple boxes; later lessons include various pieces of furniture, columns and buckets. Each of the lessons has been completed in pencil, and some are signed in ms. "A.M. Thayer 1874". The front cover is illustrated with a view of a young woman, seated at a writing desk, pencil in hand. Below the title is "Prepared by H. Hitchings, Teacher of Drawing in the English High School of Boston, Massachusetts. Late of the United States Naval School at Annapolis, Maryland." Also on the front cover, in the upper right-hand corner, is "Annie M. Thayer. Sep., Oct. & Nov. 1874.", written in ms.

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The Singer Drawing Book

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One drawing book/manufacturer's advertisement entitled The Singer Drawing Book for Young Artists, published by Singer Sewing Machine Co., ca. 1900. This promotional booklet contains 8 unnumbered pages of illustrations, each with its own sheet of tracing paper. The color illustration on the front cover is of three children gathered around a desk; the two little girls are watching the older boy draw. The color illustration on the back cover is the Singer Sewing Machine logo (a red S) superimposed on an image of a seated woman who is sewing with her Singer sewing machine. Some of the illustrations for tracing are promotional; the first image is of a sewing machine. The other illustrations are of children and animals. None of the images have been traced. "3-" (price) is written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.

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New Progressive Drawing Book, Containing Lithographic Sketches, and Drawings of Landscape Scenery: Designed for Self Instruction

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One drawing book entitled The New Progressive Drawing Book, Containing Lithographic Sketches, and Drawings of Landscape Scenery: Designed for Self Instruction, published by C. P. Huestis, New York, 1844. The drawing book is comprised of 12 unnumbered plates of lithograph images of landscapes and scenes, all of which are unsigned. The title and publication information on the front cover are within a plain double ruled frame; the back cover is illustrated. The insides of the front and back covers are blank. A black ink ownership stamp of R. Palmer Po[s]t is stamped on the recto of the first leaf.

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Drawing Book, For Copies

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Two drawing books of original and copied drawings entitled Drawing Book, For Copies, one created by Carrie Cooley, the other by Mattie Cooley, manufactured by John Marsh, Manufacturing Stationer and Importer, Boston, ca. 1855. Each book is 12 unnumbered leaves in length and contains pencil drawings copied from other sources. Both books have illustrated front covers; a delicate and elaborate floral frame surrounds the title and a vignette of a steam engine train. The back covers are manufacturer's advertisements. The drawing book in Env. 42 is bound in green paper, and "Carrie Cooley" is written in ms., in pencil, on the front cover. The drawing book in Env. 43 is bound in beige paper, and "Mattie [?] Cooley" is written in ms., in pencil, on the front cover, as well as in ink in the upper right-hand corner. Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between each of the leaves in both books.

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