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Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing, No. 2 & No. 3
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Prang's Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing, Nos. 1-2, 4-10
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Twelve 24-page drawing books by John S. Clark, Mary Dana Hicks, and Walter S. Perry, published by Prang Educational Company, Boston, New York and Chicago. Book No. 3 is lacking, and there are duplicate copies of Nos. 2, 4 and 5, although the previous owners (students) differ for each. All twelve books contain drill exercises on the first 2 pages and numbered exercises on the remainder. The exercises in the earlier books emphasize correct use of lines, both curved and straight, through copying of sample (lithographed) images. The exercises in some of the later books are significantly more complex and focus more on perspective, representation and light and shade. Some of the exercises include: leaves, fruit, decorative designs, plants, geometric shapes and forms, architectural details, buildings and scenes. Most of the books have been at least partially, if not wholly, completed by previous owners.
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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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The Prang Elementary Course in Art Instruction, No. 9, Seventh Year, First Half
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One drawing book entitled The Prang Elementary Course in Art Instruction, No. 9, Seventh Year, First Half, by John S. Clark, Mary Dana Hicks, and Walter S. Perry, published by The Prang Educational Company, Boston, New York and Chicago, copyright 1898. Sixteen pages in length, this book is comprised of a wide variety of lithograph and photograph illustrations intended for study and copying. Some pages include space for copying of images. The front cover is framed by a decorative floral border. The insides of the front and back covers are blank. The back cover is a publisher's advertisement for "The Prang Elementary Course in Art Instruction", and discusses the philosophy and use of the course. As stated in this advertisement, the "three general subjects of Art, - Representation, Decoration and Construction,- are included in the scope of this Course." The focus of this Book 9 is on construction and its relation to composition. Some of the drawings, paintings, and images included in this volume are: "The First Step" by Millet; images of various trees; Shakespeare's house; Roman ornament and decoration and various Roman buildings. All of the exercises have been completed either in pencil or in pen and ink. Two additional original pieces of artwork have been mounted in: one is a pencil sketch of a basket of apples, the other is a pencil and watercolor work of a basket of fruit, with "Varney School" and "Harold C. Brown" written in ms. at the top. "Harold C. Brown" is written in ms., in ink, in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.
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Bartholomew's Drawing Book, New Series, Nos. 1, 2, 5
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Three drawing books, Nos. 1, 2 and 5, by William N. Bartholomew, published by Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., New York, copyright 1867, 1869, and 1870 respectively. Each book contains 12 half-sheet numbered exercises interleaved with full-page blank leaves for copying and additional original artwork. Book 1 begins with exercises in drawing horizontal and vertical lines, and continues with using those lines in various combinations and patterns to draw simple designs and decorative forms. All of the exercises have been completed.
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Bartholomew's Drawing Book, No. 2 and No. 3
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"Two drawing books by William N. Bartholomew, published by Shepard, Clark & Brown, Boston (No. 2) and by Cyrus G. Cooke, Boston (No. 3), with numbered half-sheets on which there is an image to be copied, interleaved with blank whole sheets for copying and completing each of the exercises. The majority of exercises within both books are buildings, such as houses, sheds, and barns. Both books 2 and 3 have been completed, and both contain additional original artwork.
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American Text Books of Art Education: Geometrical Drawing, Numbers One and Two
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Two 20-page drawing books by Walter Smith, published by L. Prang & Co., Boston, containing numbered problems and exercises. Each exercise consists of instructional text, a lithograph illustration, and space for copying. The exercises increase in difficulty and complexity through the course of each book, and within the series. The exercises in No. 2 have been completed, in pencil.
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