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Set of 13 original drawings created by Emma Barnes, circa 1915
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Barnes' Popular Drawing Series
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Four drawing books entitled Barnes' Popular Drawing Series, published by A.S. Barnes and Company, New York and Chicago, copyright 1881; numbered 5, 5, 6 and 8. There are 2 copies of Set No. 5; one (in Env. 2) is a set of double-sided looseleaf plates in an envelope; Book No. 5 (Env. 3) is a bound duplicate of Envelope 2 (Box 1), except the plates in the bound copy are single-sided. Book No. 5 contains plates no. 33-40; Book No. 6 contains plates no. 41-48; Book No. 8 contains plates no. 57-64. Each bound book is bound in a light green, decorated and illustrated paper cover, and the inside of each back cover contains additional designs, labeled as Place C in Books 5 and 6, and labeled as Plate D in Book 8. The back cover of each book is titled "Barnes' Popular Drawing" and contains descriptions of several drawing courses available through the company. The outer envelope of the unbound No. 5 has "5-" (price) written in ms., in pencil, on the lower right-hand corner.
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One book of original pencil drawings, untitled, creator unnamed, created in 1839
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One book of original pencil drawings, untitled, creator unnamed, created in 1839. It is 102 unnumbered pages in length, and is bound in brown cloth and leather, with a (now broken) metal clasp on the fore-edge. Its images concerns things of a mechanical or engineering nature. It contains drawings and diagrams of things such as scissors, hook and eye fasteners, mechanical machines, and floor plans. There are also numerous pages of ms. notes; pages [5-19] are a record of employment as manager of the model department for the "British Association", and is dated 1839. Also included are numerous mathematical equations and ms. notes. There are several names written within, but none can be identified as the book's creator. Env. 1 DK note: "Engineering Book", has several drawn images of hook and eye fasteners, floor plans, and other mechanical devices. There are also notes and employee list from 1839 related to the British Association.
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Drawing book of original drawings created by Henry S. Tubbs
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One drawing book of original drawings, untitled, created by Henry S. Tubbs in 1883. The drawing book is 16 unnumbered pages in length, and contains 9 pencil drawings and 6 additional pencil drawings which are laid in. Most of the leaves in the book are blank. The drawings on the leaves include a small fairy, houses and landscapes, and floral designs. The drawings on separate sheets that have been laid in include a map of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi signed "Drawn by Henry Tubbs."; a house; a sailboat, and a whimsical image of a foot, with piglets for toes, with a "This Little Piggy" rhyme written in ms. alongside it; this drawing is on tissue paper. Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between the leaves. Title supplied by cataloger.
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