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  • Young America Painting Book: for Young People with Easy Drawing Lessons

    Young America Painting Book: for Young People with Easy Drawing Lessons

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    One painting book entitled Young America Painting Book: for Young People with Easy Drawing Lessons, published by Platt & Nourse Co., New York, 1913. This painting book is composed of unnumbered pages containing color and outline illustrations; the latter were meant for coloring. The front cover is a chromolithograph of three children painting a mural. "Copyright 1913, The Platt & Peck Co." is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the image. The back cover is blue, and is not illustrated. The front and back pastedowns are illustrated and have been colored in with crayon. Printed on the verso of the title page is : "Copyright, 1913, by the Platt & Peck Co." This is followed by three pages containing an introduction and illustrated definitions of terms used in drawing and painting. The sample color images and those for coloring include scenes of children at play, toys, animals and flowers. Many of the images have been colored in with crayons.

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  • The New Painting Book for Boys and Girls

    The New Painting Book for Boys and Girls

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    One painting book entitled The New Painting Book for Boys and Girls, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, London, ca. 1910. The book is bound in blue paper covers, the title and decorative border are in gold. It is comprised of a single, long sheet of chromolithograph images and outline images for coloring. The single sheet is mounted to the inside front cover only, and is accordian-folded to create 8 pages of images. The chromolithograph sample images are along the top row, and the outline images are beneath them, forming the bottom row. The images are of children playing; none are signed or dated.

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  • Palette Painting Book

    Palette Painting Book

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    One painting book entitled Palette Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1892. The cover of the painting book shows a young man holding a painted image while a young girl takes his arm. The back cover depicts a watercolor set, water, brushes, paint tube, and compass. The inside front cover lists "a few practical instructions for young painters" including suggestions on what colors to include in the student's watercolor set and how to mix them. The book is designed so that the student studies a colored image and then apply color to an outline image. There are a total of 22 images: eleven in color and eleven in outline. The images depict various scenes of people, children, animals, and nursery rhyme characters with tag lines at the bottom. None of the images have been filled in. A "10.00" is penciled in on the upper-right corner of the title page.

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  • Betty's Painting Book

    Betty's Painting Book

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    One painting book entitled Betty's Painting Book, published by Stecher Lith. Co., Rochester, New York, 1917. This book is composed of 12 unnumbered pages of chromolithograph and outline illustrations, the latter meant for painting. The front cover is a vivid chromolithograph of a seated girl, painting in watercolor. The words "Instructive, Entertaining" are printed at the top of the cover, one word in each corner. "No. 38" is printed in the lower right-hand corner, and the cover illustration is signed "Maynard Evans Price". The back cover is the same image, in reverse. The title of the book is repeated at the top of the inside front cover; beneath it is a 6-stanza rhyme which provides instructions for using the book. On the inside of the back cover is the last outline image for coloring. Each page contains a child or pair of children from different countries; some pages contain just an outline image, others contain both a chromolithograph image and an outline image. Each is accompanied by a brief rhyme; for example: "This English mite is shy tho bright, And always kind to pets you'll find." None of the images have been colored.

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  • The Child's Palette: A Painting Book, Book No. 1

    The Child's Palette: A Painting Book, Book No. 1

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    One painting book entitled The Child's Palette: A Painting Book, Book No. 1, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1897. The cover of the book shows a group of animals dressed as children in a classroom and their stork teacher. The inside front cover has "a few practical instructions for young painters" including suggestions on what colors to include in the student's watercolor set. The book is designed so that the student could study a colored image and then practice on an "outline" (uncolored) image. A second uncolored image is also provided "giving opportunity for a second trial on the same design." There are a total of 24 images: eight in color and sixteen in outline. The images depict children and animals with tag lines at the bottom. None of the images have been filled in.

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  • Flower Studies: A Painting Book

    Flower Studies: A Painting Book

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    One painting book entitled Flower Studies: A Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1902. The front cover features poppies bordered by other flowers. On the back cover in the lower right-hand corner appears the company's trademark and "No. 84 1/2." The title page is entitled Object Painting Book. The inside front cover depicts a mock palette of colors--red, green, yellow, blue and purple--which were meant to be used with the book, as explained in the instructions printed on the inside of the back cover. Six color images, including the cover and title page, are represented. Four of these within the book mirror four identical images printed only in outline. None of the outlined images have been filled in. On the upper edge of the title page, in pen, is the name "Catherine P. Stafford" and below that, in pencil, "$4.50". On the back inside cover, also in pen, is the same name--"Catherine P. Stafford".

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