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Prang's Outline Pictures with Directions for Coloring

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Description: One folder of images for painting entitled Prang's Outline Pictures with Directions for Coloring, Series 1, Children, published by L. Prang & Co., Boston, 1888. Within the folder are 9 outline images for coloring; each is titled with the subject, generally characters from fairy tales. Printed in the lower left-hand corner of each leaf is "Copyright 1888 by L. Prang Co. Boston." Also within the folder are three printed sheets: one contains coloring instructions, one is an informational piece about the set, and the third is a manufacturer's advertisement for Prang's Christmas Cards.
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Date: 1888
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Prang Craft Colors

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One boxed collection of paints containing 5 jars of paint and two small mirrors. Four of the jars are labeled Prang Craft Colors, manufactured by the Prang Company, New York, and Chicago. Four (4) of the jars are Prang colors, labeled, individually, "Base Blue A", "Base Blue B", "Base Red" and "Yellow". The other jar of paint is from Waldcraft and is labeled "Reseda Green". The label on one of the Prang bottles reads: "Prang Craft-Colors. For staining basswood and all close grained woods, raffia, reeds, etc. May be used on drawing paper and cardboard with either brush or pen. Fast to light, non-running, non-inflammable; may be thinned with water and mixed to secure any shade. See circular for directions. The Prang Company, New York, Chicago."

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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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Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing, No. 2 & No. 3

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Two drawing books entitled Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing, No. 2 and No. 3 by John S. Clark, Mary Dana Hicks, and Walter S. Perry, published by Prang Educational Company, Boston, New York and Chicago, copyright 1888. Each is 32 pages in length and begins with three drill exercises, and continues with 13 numbered exercises which emphasize freehand copying of (lithographed) forms and objects. The front covers contain a single decorative element below the title, and the back cover features an illustrated publisher's advertisement for "Prang's Primary Course in Form Study and Drawing". Suggestions for use and a brief list of materials needed are given on the inside of the front covers; the inside of the back covers contain a publisher's advertisement for "Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing for Intermediate and Grammar Schools". The three drawing drills at the beginning of the book are designed to familiarize the student with correct form and use of drawing with a pencil, and emphasize straight and curved lines. The numbered exercises encourage copying from given images and objects supplied by the teacher or student. Each exercise includes an image, brief textual instructions, and space for copying. No. 2: Some of the exercises in No. 2 include an envelope, designs, leaves, and tableware. Most of the exercises have been copied. Two-thirds of one leaf belonging to Exercise XIII has been cut off and is missing. "Esther Gilmore" is written in ms., in pencil, on the front cover, along the spine end. No. 3: Some of the exercises in Book No. 3 are: a group of fruit; a cylinder; a rosette ornament and a small house. "Matthew E. Welch" is written in ms. along the spine side of the front cover, "2.00" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right hand front cover of both No. 2 and No. 3.

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Objects to Color or Paint

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One painting and drawing book, copyright 1955, entitled Objects to Color or Paint, published by Platt & Munk Co. This book is 12 unnumbered pages in length and is comprise of outline images to paint. The front cover is a color image of an apple against a green background. "No. 068 B, Copr. MCMLV, The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., Made in U.S.A." is printed across the bottom of the front cover. The back cover contains the last image intended for coloring. Printed on the inside of the front cover are "Practical Instructions for Coloring With Paints or Crayons." There are 14 pages (including both sides of the back cover) of color and outline images for coloring. Some of them include a clock, a bed, socks, a dress and a television. None of the images have been colored. "25" (price) is written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.

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The Prang Elementary Course in Art Instruction, Eastern Edition

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One drawing book entitled The Prang Elementary Course in Art Instruction, Eastern Edition, published by The Prang Educational Company, Boston, New York and Chicago, copyright 1899. The subtitle reads: Description, Specimen Illustrations from different grades and Opinions of leading Supervisors and Teachers. This 40-page book is primarily a collection of written testimonials about the Prang drawing system. Pages 3-6 are devoted to an outline and explanation of the system and its various levels and courses, and the remaining pages are excerpts from letters of praise from art teachers in the U.S., illustrated with both images from the Prang instructional drawing books and samples of artwork created using the Prang courses. The first two pages are composed of illustrations. The front cover is illustrated in the upper left-hand corner with a small, rectangular image of three daffodils. On the inside of the front cover begins "European Opinions in Regard to the Prang Course", which continues onto the inside back cover and the back cover. "2- BDF as is" (price) written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the first page.

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Tilton's Outline Design Cards, for Studies and Decorative Purposes, 12th Series

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One set of painting cards entitled Tilton's Outline Design Cards, for Studies and Decorative Purposes, 12th Series, printed by S.W. Tilton & Co. Boston, 1880. Each card has a simple printed flower and the flower name. Four cards are represented from the original set of six--Buttercup, Forget-Me-Not, Bachelors Button, and Dandelion. All the cards are gilt-edged. An instructional booklet issued with the set contains two parts: 1) Directions for Mixing Colors, Their Values, &c.: For the use of Beginners, is included. This pamphlet was added to the Directions for Coloring Tilton's Outline Design Cards for Hand Painting in Water Colors, the latter part gives detailed instructions on painting the cards in each of the twelve series. For example, instructions for the card labeled "Buttercup": "Flowers, chrome thin shaded with thicker chrome, and in deepest shadows, grey (cobalt, crimson lake, chrome). Stamens left white, and afterwards washed over with chrome. Leaves and stems, green, (Prussian blue, chrome, and a little crimson lake), shaded with same darker." The instruction booklet lists the "Forget-Me-Not" card under the flower's Latin name: "Myosotis." The cards and the directions were enclosed in an envelope which bore the number of the series hand written, in pencil, in the lower left hand corner.

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