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  The Wild Animal ABC Painting Book

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  One painting book entitled The Wild Animal ABC Painting Book, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., 1895. The front cover shows a boy standing on a short ladder, painting the book's title on an elephant. The upper right hand corner has been cut out to conform to the elephant's forehead. The back cover had some printing, most has disappeared due to water damage, but it appears to have contained publication information. The book, printed in Bavaria, contains twenty pages of images tied to corresponding letters and text. (For example, "B is for Beaver who builds a mud home.") The majority of the images in the book are in outline form, although some are printed with a matching color image to help guide the student in the use of color. Some of the images have been painted in with watercolor.

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  Animals to Paint

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  One painting book entitled Animals to Paint, published by the Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, Ohio, 1910. The front cover of the book depicts a lion family; the name "Gerald" is written in ms., in pencil in the upper left-hand corner. The book consists of twenty-four outline images. The first page describes the book as: "a paint book for boys and girls which supplies sketches ready to color." and gives instructions on the use of watercolor. There book consists of twenty-four images of various animals, six of which have an identical color image meant to guide the student in the use of color. Most of the images have been filled in with crayon rather then watercolor.

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  Little Folks' Painting and Drawing Book

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  One drawing/painting book, ca. 1905, entitled Little Folks' Painting and Drawing Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York. This book is 32 unnumbered pages in length and is comprised of chromolithograph and black and white lithographs in outline form for coloring. The front cover features an image of two children wrapping a gift box. "0701, McLoughlin Bros. N.Y." is printed in the lower left-hand corner beneath the image. The back cover is not illustrated, but the paper is decorated in a simple pattern. "Directions" are printed on the front pastedown, and the title page is illustrated with a black and white image of a boy painting a fence. All of the illustrations are of animals; some have been colored. A ms. inscription in ink is on the title page. "2.-" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the title page.

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  Home Painting Book

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  One painting book entitled Home Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1930. The book is comprised of a series of double illustrations; for each set, one image is printed in color, the other is printed in outline form. The outline image was meant to be painted. On the front cover is a color illustration of two children picking flowers. A collage of colored chalk against a black background borders the principal illustration. "McLoughlin Bros. Inc., Springfield, Mass." is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover; "2044, made in USA" is printed in the right-hand corner. The back cover is blank. The endpapers are illustrated with geometric designs. Directions for using the book and mixing paint colors are on the recto of the first page. The illustrations are printed on one side of each leaf. Some of the images within the book include scenes of playing children, animals, flowers and food. Few of the images have been filled in.

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  Drawing and Painting Book

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  One drawing/painting book, ca. 1910, entitled Drawing and Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., Springfield, Massachusetts. This book is 24 unnumbered pages in length, and contains illustrations for coloring. The front cover is a chromolithograph illustration of a girl reading a book while imaginary fairies and butterflies fly around her. "Made in U.S.A. McLoughlin Bros. Inc., Springfield, Mass." is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. The back cover is a chromolithograph image of a jar of paintbrushes and several jars of paint. The title page features an illustration of young Dutch children and descriptive text beneath the title: "A Drawing and Painting Book designed according to the best art methods of starting with simple design and color and progressing to more advanced subjects." Some of the illustrations are in pairs, with one printed in color and the other in outline form, which was meant for coloring. Included are images of people, buildings and animals. Some of the images have been colored with crayon or watercolor.

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  The Teacher of Oil Painting and Tapestry, 5th ed

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  One book, ca. 1930, entitled The Teacher of Oil Painting and Tapestry, 5th edition, by D. M. Campana, published by D. M. Campana Art Co., Chicago. This book is 128 numbered pages in length, and is illustrated with black and white images. The title on the front cover is within an elaborate decorative frame, and bears the subtitle: "a useful book giving many informations on the method of coloring, composition, harmony, effects, materials etc. practical and good, low price." The inside front and back covers are blank; the title page is decorated with a floral frame and a floral device which appears below the title. The book is divided into chapters, and addresses issues such as canvases, brushes, color mixing, composition, drawing and painting specific subjects such as animals or fruit. A 3-page index is followed by 3 final pages listing other publications by D.M. Campana.

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