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Visual Materials
Bartholomew's Drawing Book, Revised Edition, Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8
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- Description
- Four drawing books entitled Bartholomew's Drawing Book, Revised Edition, Nos. 4, 5, 7 and 8, by William N. Bartholomew, published by Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., New York and Chicago, 1872-1873. Each of these 4 books is comprised of six numbered exercises, which are made up of lithograph illustrations and a blank facing page for copying. Only Book 5 includes significant instructional text for each of the exercises. Book 4 has very few lines of instructional text for some exercises; the other two have none. The levels of difficulty and complexity increase as the lessons progress. The front covers of these books are identical to each other with the exception, of course, of the book number in the lower-right quadrant. Each cover features the title in a decorative font, with decorative flourishes surrounding it. In the lower left-hand quadrant is an image of a gentleman's hand holding a pencil to paper. The book number and the words "revised edition" are in the lower right-hand quadrant of each, with the publisher's information at the bottom. Each book number also appears in the upper left-hand corner, above the title. The insides of the front covers contain general instructions and remarks for each specific book, with descriptions and notes for each of the lessons. The insides of the back covers contain publisher's advertisements; and the back covers also feature publisher's advertisements for various items within "Bartholomew's System to Drawing". The images in Book 4 are primarily outlines of flowers, vases and candlesticks, while the images in Books 7 and 8 are complex scenes of buildings and landscapes which involve shading, perspective and texture. Books 4 and 5 are covered by printed brown paper wrappers, each with a decorative frame surrounding the title "Drawing Book Cover, designed to accompany Bartholomew's System of Drawing to preserve and keep the book clean while in use.", and repeat the advertisements for Bartholomew's System of Drawing found on the back cover of all four books. Each of the four books has been completed by previous owners; some of the images, both the lithograph images and the copied images, have been additionally colored. "Harry S. Tubbs" is written in ms., in pencil and in ink, on the outside wrappers of Books 4 and 5; and is written on the front cover of Book 4. A black ink stamp of "Fred E. Howe" and "Keene, N.H." is stamped on the front covers of Books 7 and 8. "5-" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, on the first pages of Books 4 and 5.
