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[Engravings chiefly of Biblical figures]


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    [Engravings of portraits]

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    One bound set of engravings, untitled and unsigned, comprised of eight leaves of original engravings. The images are all portraits, some are single figures and others are multiple faces. The plates include a nude woman, and the engraved "label" reads "From the Venus de Medicis" (plate 1); three rows of male, female, and child heads (plate 2); a bearded man, side view (plate 3); a hooded man, gazing upward (plate 4); a woman dressed in a fur-trimmed cloak wearing a double strand of pearls looking down (plate 5); two images of the same side view portrait of a woman (plate 6); a double three-quarters view portrait of a young woman (plate 7); and a full-frontal double-portrait of a young man with curly hair (plate 8). Some of the plates are signed "Anib. Carracche."

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    [Letter from Nancy J. Kelleher to "The Art Teacher"]

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    One typescript form letter, presumably sent to Mabel Spofford, that briefly summarizes results of a previous survey issued to Massachusetts art teachers. It is presumed that the author of the letter is associated with an unnamed association.

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  • Illustrated Catalogue Exhibition of the R. Hall McCormick Collection of Paintings: Chiefly of the English School

    Illustrated Catalogue Exhibition of the R. Hall McCormick Collection of Paintings: Chiefly of the English School

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    One exhibition catalog entitled Illustrated Catalogue Exhibition of the R. Hall McCormick Collection of Paintings: Chiefly of the English School, under the auspices of the Boston Art Students Association, Copley Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1900. The cover title reads: The R. Hall McCormick Collection of Paintings Exhibited by the Boston Art Students Association. This catalog is 38 numbered pages in length, and contains 5 black and white plates, which are reproductions of paintings. On the verso of the title page is printed "Press of Geo. H. Ellis, Boston."

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  • Drawing book of original drawings, circa 1845

    Drawing book of original drawings, circa 1845

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    One drawing book of original drawings, untitled, creator unnamed, ca. 1845. The book is 16 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains original pencil drawings primarily of houses and animals. The drawings are undated and unsigned. Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between each of the leaves. An accompanying not from DK reads, in part, "After Coe drawing cards?" Title supplied by cataloger.

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    Artist's Scrap Book

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    One portfolio of art reproductions with 104 numbered plates, arranged by Pedro J. Lemos and published by The School Arts Magazine, Davis Press, Worcester, Massachusetts. Each of the plates contain numerous images of artworks by a variety of artists, in categories including: Hillside Houses, Decorative Trees, Fantastic Figures, Busy Women, Feminine Activities, Colonial People, Figure Groups, Children of the Eighties, Foreign Lands, Birds, Animals, and Flowers. "Mabel Spofford" handwritten on some plates.

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  • Lay figure

    Lay figure

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    One wooden lay figure, ca. 1900? The figure has carved facial features and fingers and toes, and some moveable joints: ankles, knees, hips, wrists, elbows, shoulders, waist and neck. The figure is gender-neutral, and bears no manufacturer's information.

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