National Portraits

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  Lincoln Memorial

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  One mounted postcard image of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. This is a black and white photograph that has been colored. It is mounted on cardstock, and is labeled in ms., in pencil: "The Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C."

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  The Artistic Painting Book

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  One painting book entitled The Artistic Painting Book, published by International Art Publishing Co., Ltd., London and New York. The book has a hole (as in a palette) cut through the upper-left hand corner. The front cover shows a young lad painting a landscape at an easel. The back cover depicts two song birds on a thorny branch with berries, overlooking a farm. The book contains 69 pages of images, both in outline and complementary color image formats. The majority of the images have no complementary color image, so presumably the student was to paint the image as instructed by a teacher or parent. The majority of the images have been filled in, using watercolor wax crayon (or colored pencil), and chalk. Many of the outlines are very light and some were traced over in pencil prior to being filled in. One image of two girls has been labeled "Elfrida" and "Beatrice" and the title page has been copied, in wax crayon or color pencil, on the inside front cover. In the upper-right corner of the title page has been written, in pencil, "6 Full Color Plates #40 amu/22--."

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  Our Pets' Portraits Painting Book

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  One painting book entitled Our Pets' Portraits Painting Book, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Co., Ltd., New York, London and Paris, ca. 1910. The booklet is part of Father Tuck's Little Artists' Series. This booklet is 24 unnumbered pages in length, and is composed of color and matching outline images for coloring. The front cover is a chromolithograph of a girl painting a portrait of a cat. "Father Tuck's Little Artists Series" is printed in the lower right-hand corner of the front cover. The back cover is a chromolithograph of a boy, dressed in a sailor suit, carving a piece of wood. Printed at the bottom of the back cover are: "No. 3629" below the publisher's logo; "Designed at the Studios in England"; and "Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Co., Ltd., New York-London-Paris". The inside of the front cover contains "Instructions for Little Artists", which are continued on the inside back cover. Most of the images have been colored in. "12.50" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the first page.

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  Little People's Pictures Painting Book: Father Tuck's Little Artist Series

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  One painting book entitled Little People's Pictures Painting Book: Father Tuck's Little Artist Series, published by Kaufmann & Strauss Co., New York, ca. 1910. This 24-page painting book is comprised of lithograph images for painting and tracing and chromolithograph plates as samples. "Father Tuck's Little Artists Series" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. The front and back covers are chromolithographs; the image on the front cover is of a boy, seated on the floor, in front of a painting he has created. The image on the back cover is of a child's drum toy. "Instructions for Little Artists" are printed on the inside of the front cover, and more information about color is printed on the inside of the back cover. "12.50" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper left-hand corner of the inside of the front cover.

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  Complimentary Samples

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  One sample box of colored and lead pencils entitled Complimentary Samples, manufactured by the Eberhard Faber Pencil Co., New York, ca. 1940. Within the box are one Eberhard Faber eraser, three colored pencils, and four color chalk crayons.

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  'Venus' Perfect Pencils

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  One boxed set of lead pencils entitled 'Venus' Perfect Pencils, manufactured by the American Lead Pencil Co., New York and London, ca. 1910. The box was issued with 5 lead pencils and an eraser; only three pencils remain. On the top lid of the box is an illustrated range of the various degrees of color the pencils are available in: "Made in 17 black and 2 copying degrees: each degree guaranteed never to vary." Printed on the underside of the lid is information about the Venus eraser.

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