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Prang's Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing, Nos. 1-2, 4-10
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Prang's Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing, Western Edition, No. 2 and No. 6
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Two 20-page drawing books by John S. Clark, Mary Dana Hicks and Walter S. Perry, published by The Prang Educational Company, Boston, New York and Chicago. Each book contains numbered exercises that consisting of an image for copying, brief instructional text, and space for copying. Some of the exercises in both of these include: a pattern for a square prism, an envelope, decorative designs, a pattern for a square prism, a bowl of fruit and flowers. Both books have additional colored paper cutouts of some exercises either laid or mounted in; and both have been completed by previous owners.
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Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing, No. 2 & No. 3
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Two 32-page drawing books by John S. Clark, Mary Dana Hicks, and Walter S. Perry, published by Prang Educational Company, Boston, New York and Chicago. Each begins with three drill exercises, and continues with 13 numbered exercises which emphasize freehand copying of lithographed forms and objects. Most of the exercises have been copied.
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Bartholomew's Drawing Book, Revised Edition, Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8
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"Four drawing books by William N. Bartholomew, published by Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., New York and Chicago, between 1872 and 1873. Each book contains six numbered exercises of increasing difficulty, which are made up of lithograph illustrations, varying amounts of instructional text, and a blank facing page for copying. The images in Book 4 are primarily outlines of flowers, vases and candlesticks; books 7 and 8 contain complex scenes of buildings and landscapes, which involve shading, perspective and texture. Each of the four books has been completed by previous owners.
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Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand-Tracing, New Edition, Nos. 1, 1, 2, 3
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American Text Books of Art Education: Intermediate Course, Numbers One and Three
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Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand, No. 3 and No. 4
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