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The Eldorado Page, Sketching with "the master drawing pencil"
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Six advertisements entitled The Eldorado Page, Sketching with "the master drawing pencil," published by Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1920-1940. These 6 sheets are promotional advertisements for Dixon pencils and feature aspects of pencil-drawing technique. Sheet No. 1 is "Area Technique"; No. 2 is "A Discussion of the Center of the Sketch"; No. 3 is "Notation of Procedure"; No. 4 is "Exercises"; No. 5 is "How to Sketch Evergreen Foliage"; and No. 6 is "The White Door". All of the illustrations and instructional text are by Ernest W. Watson, who was an instructor at the Pratt Institute. The six pages were originally published in various issues of an unnamed magazine.
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Albion C. Sweetser letters to Alvah Littlefield and A. Blood
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