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Landon Course of Cartooning
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The Landon Course of Cartooning
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Eleven art instruction books entitled The Landon Course of Cartooning, published by The Landon School, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1920-1930. This series is a correspondence course in drawing cartoons; each of the eleven separate lessons consists of circa 10 pages of textual instruction, with references to illustrated plates to use as guidelines. The lesson titles on each of the volumes are as follows (these booklets have been numbered, in ms., by a previous owner): Pen and Ink Lines (1); The Head (2); Expression (3); Hands & Feet (4); Comic Figures (5); Action (6); Women (7); Shading (8); Shadows (9); Division Four- Lesson No. 10 Shadows, Lesson No. 11 Kids, Lesson No. 12 Perspective (no number in ms.). Within the first booklet "Pen and Ink Lines" are general instructions, information about collecting a morgue, materials needed for pen and ink work, pen and ink lines Lesson No. 1, and instructions for mailing. The contents of each of the subsequent booklets are general guidelines and suggestions for the topic at hand, with references to sample images on separate plates. These are followed by guidelines for practice work, with specific instructions and assignments for the student to draw and submit by mail for evaluation. On the final page each booklet are mailing instructions. Some of the assignments within the entire series are: "Draw a two-thirds view of a thin-faced college professor scowling, to express SEVERITY. Put glasses on his nose" (from Expression); "Use Fig. D of Group 1 on Plate 3 as a guide and draw a sailor dancing a jig" (from Action); "Draw a fat cook with an apron tied around her waist, ready to bang someone with a shovel" (from Women); and "Make a group of three boys, sideview, playing with a cart. One boy is pulling, another is sitting in the cart, and the third is pushing behind. Get lots of action in this drawing" (from Kids). Nearly half of the individual booklets have their accompanying sample plates of illustrations laid in. The illustrations and comments within this series are very telling of the time in which they were issued: racist and derogatory illustrations and opinions abound. These booklets are vertically oriented, with the spine along the top. Pages are to be lifted from the bottom to the top; not from right to left as usual. The title for the series is at the top of each cover, and a single image is positioned above the booklet title in the lower right-hand corner. Some of the booklets have the title but no additional illustration on the cover. Most of the booklets contain original artwork (the exercises given in each booklet) by Mabel Spofford, with comments and additions from a Landon School instructor. Envelope 13, "Division Four"; Lessons 10-12, also contains an envelope from The Landon School, addressed to Mabel Spofford and postmarked March 5, 1928, which contains 2 sheets of Miss Spofford's original artwork, with comments from a Landon instructor. "1925 Edition" is printed on the front cover of the eleventh booklet "Kids".
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The Etching of Copper and Brass; The Lamp Shade; Designs to Fill Given Spaces; and Oil Cloth--Its Decoration
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Four art instruction booklets entitled The Etching of Copper and Brass (Lesson 25); The Lamp Shade (Lesson 18); Designs to Fill Given Spaces (Lesson 7); and Oil Cloth--Its Decoration (Lesson 16), by Gabriel Andre Petite, published by Fireside Industries, Inc., copyright 1924-1925. The booklets range in length from 8 to 16 pages, and begin with instructional text followed by 1-4 pages of sample designs. The Etching of Copper and Brass is the only booklet with an illustrated front cover; the other three have decorative frames with a leaf pattern.
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Human Proportion
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One set of art instruction plates entitled Human Proportion, by Eudora Sellner, published by School Arts Magazine, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1924. The subtitle reads: "Set of eight plates by Eudora Sellner." This set is incomplete; Plates No. 1-2 are lacking. Each plate is labeled "Costume Design 21; Human Proportions" at the top and contains line drawings pertaining to human body proportions. Each plate addresses an aspect of proportion and design: Plate No. 3 is titled "Head Construction"; Plate No. 4 "Human Construction"; Plate No. 5 "Human Construction"; Plate No. 6 "Dress Design"; Plate No. 7 "Heads and Hats"; Plate No. 8 "The Figure in Action." The plates are housed in an illustrated, protective envelope. "Price 35 cents" is printed at the bottom of the front side of the envelope. The envelope and each of the plates bear an embossed letter "S" at the top (Mabel Spofford).
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The Normal Review System of Writing, Regular Course, No. 4 1/2
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One penmanship book entitled The Normal Review System of Writing, Regular Course, No. 4 1/2, by D. H. Farley and W. B. Gunnison, published by Silver, Burdett & Co., Boston, New York and Chicago, 1891. The book is 24 pages in length, and contains 23 exercises. At the top of each page is the lesson, which is to be copied in the space below. Approximately every fifth lesson is a review of the previous four lessons. The writing samples themselves are didactic. Some examples are: "The Executive power is vested in the President, who holds office for four years. His salary is $50,000 per annum."; "The privilege of the writ of 'Habeas Corpus' cannot be suspended unless when the public safety may require it." Instructional text and illustrations are found on the inside of the front cover: "position at the desk"; "movements"; penholding" and "suggestions to teacher." On the inside of the back cover is "The Normal Review System of Writing, A Key to Principles", with samples of letters and numbers. The back cover outlines the various courses within the Normal Review System of Writing. None of the lessons have been completed.
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Art in America and Arts & Decoration
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Issues of: Art in America: an illustrated quarterly magazine (Springfield, MA: edited by Jean Lipman): Volume 32, no. 4, October 1944 Arts & Decoration New York: Hewitt Publishing Corporation (imprint varies): Volume 10, no. 4, February 1919; Volume 10, no. 5, March 1919; Volume 10, no. 6, April 1919; Volume 11, nos. 1-6, May-October 1919; Volume 12, nos. 1-5, November 1919-March 1920; Volume 13, no. 2, July 1920; Volume 13, no. 3, August 1920; Volume 15, no. 2, June 1921
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American Drawing-Cards, First Series
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One set of drawing cards entitled American Drawing-Cards, First Series, by Walter Smith, published by James R. Osgood & Company, Boston, 1873. This set includes 7 drawing cards, printed on both sides of each card. There are 14 numbered lessons, each with white-on-black lithograph illustrations. Also included is a set of directions: "Rules for the Guidance of Pupils using the American Drawing Cards." On the verso of this card is printed a 5-inch long rule measure. The lessons progress from simple horizontal, vertical and parallel lines (lesson no. 1) to moulding and interlacing forms (lesson no. 14, example 42). The cards are within a protective paper envelope. "Johnnie Fray[?]" is written in ms. at the top of the first card.
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