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Cours De Figure Par Mr. N. Maurin

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Description: Five anatomical studies, 1869-1870, printed by Lemercier, Benard et Ce. of Paris, France depicting ears, faces, feet, and hands. All five engravings are entitled Cours De Figure Par Mr. N. Maurin. Three are subtitled Methode Tirpenne; two are subtitled Etudes d'apres nature, Methode Tirpenne. Each of the engravings has been inscribed with a statement from the printer and is dated. In the corners of all five engravings is a small purple stamp in the shape of an artist's palette. The stamped words on the inside of the palette are indecipherable.
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Date: 1869, 1870
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)

École de Dessin, Petit Cours Élémentaire et Progressif

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One drawing book entitled École de Dessin, Petit Cours Élémentaire et Progressif, published by Henry & Yves, Paris, ca. 1875? "No. 555" is stamped in red ink on the bottom of the front cover. This French drawing book is comprised of four unnumbered lithograph plates. The front cover features a leafy, decorative frame in which there are vignettes of artists at work in each corner. The interior images are each signed "Henry"; they include two men on a stone wall picking fruit, and a sailor leaning against a cannon. The insides of the front and back covers, as well as the back cover, are blank. "2.50" (price) is written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.

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Ninety-one chromolithograph trade cards and advertisements

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A collection of 91 chromolithograph trade cards and advertisements, most relating to art making. Some are rectangular, and bear an often comical vignette on the recto and a manufacturer's advertisement on the verso. Others are die-cut into a shape: an artist's palette, an easel, or the shape of the image. Not all of the cards have printed text. Some of the cards bear copyright dates from the 1880s. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Drawing and Painting Exercises After Models for Children

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One boxed painting set entitled Drawing and Painting Exercises After Models for Children, manufactured by W. & S. B., ca. 1885. The set is comprised of 7 sheets of paper for drawing and painting, a paper palette onto which 6 small round cakes of watercolor paints are mounted, and 11 cutout stencils made from engravings. Also included is one stencil of the initials "OEL." The 11 "specimens" include a woman holding a bowl, a man with an apron full of fruit, and various farm animals. The box that houses these materials is made of light wood and paperboard, and is hinged along the left-hand side, so it opens as a book does. Instructions are printed on the cover: "Take one of the specimens, place it on the white paper and with the pencil describe the outline of it. The figure thus sketched may be finished off by coloring with the paints. - Another mode, by placing the models on paper and marking only a few of the principal points to be afterwards continued to complete, the specimen will be found to greatly improve and increase the taste for drawing." "Orin E. Littlefield, Kittery" is written in ms., in pencil, on the back of the box. The seven sheets of paper contain original and traced artwork. One of the cakes of paint is missing from the palette, and only fragments remain of two others.

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Craft Master, New Artist, Series 24, NA-2432 or Summer Quietude

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One boxed painting set entitled Craft Master, New Artist, Series 24, NA-2432 or Summer Quietude, manufactured by Palmer Pann Corp., Toledo, Ohio, copyright 1958. A paint by numbers set, the kit includes the original 24 jars of numbered paints, one jar of brush cleaner, one paint brush, and an 8-page newspaper-like color catalog of other paint-by-number kits for sale. The two companion "canvasses", entitled 'Summer Quietude', are lacking. The top lid of the cardboard box is illustrated with an image of a wooden palette, a red jar of paint, and a paintbrush that has painted the words "Craft Master." Also pictured, in the upper right-hand corner, are the two paintings included in this kit. Printed on the palette on the front cover is "genuine Kenro artist oil paints in easy to open screw-top jars." Also printed along the lower edge of the top lid is "[Copyright symbol] 1958 P.P. Corp." and "Litho in U.S.A."

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Landscape Painting Book

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One painting book entitled Landscape Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1902. The front cover shows a winter landscape. The title page features a different title (Object Painting Book) than that found on the front cover. The inside front cover reads "a few practical directions for young painters," including how to mix paints. The back inside cover depicts a palette of red, green, yellow, blue and purple; matching paint has been applied to each color by the student. The book contains 8 pages of images, half of which are printed in color, the other half in outline. The outlined images were filled in using the complementary color image as a guide. All of the outlined images have been filled in with watercolors. In the upper-right hand corner of the title page, in pencil, is written "1.00".

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Ideal Paint-Box-Book, with Easy Drawing Lessons for Young Painters

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One painting book entitled Ideal Paint-Box-Book, with Easy Drawing Lessons for Young Painters, published by the Ideal Book Builders, Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1907. This book-length painting book contains watercolors, a small palette and paintbrush, all of which folds into a box on the inside front cover. Unnumbered pages of both chromolithograph and lithograph images for coloring comprise the rest of the book. Text in the form of rhymes and poetry accompany most images. The front cover is a chromolithograph image of a boy and a girl painting with two such painting books. Within the body of illustrations, there are several containing racial slurs. The last page is a publisher's advertisement for these and similar painting books. Many of the lithograph images have been colored in with the paints provided. "Patented in United States, Nov. 12, 1907" and "Patented in Great Britain, Dec. 10, 1907" are printed at the bottom of the front cover.

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Cours De Figure Par Mr. N. Maurin

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