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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Spring Blossoms Painting Book / c.1880 |
| Date | c.1880 |
| Record ID | 506297 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL-Pam S769 B656 1895 |
| Theme | Leisure and Play |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Watercolor painting Flowers Children Dance Cycling Bicycles |
| Genre | Pictorial Works |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Imprint | McLoughlin Brothers, New York |
| Places | United States |
| Document Type | Coloring/Drawing Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1895 Coloring books--1895 Color printing (Printing) Color printing (Printing)--Plates Printed wrappers (Binding) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Chromolithographs Hand colored illustrations. |
| Size | [4] leaves, [4] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 17 cm |
| Page Numbers | [4] leaves, [4] leaves of plates ill. (some col.) 17 cm |
| Additional Notes | Chromolithographed plates of children (most of them depicting children holding flowers) with same images in black outline opposite them for coloring. Cover title. Layout, typography and chromolithography suggest a publication date in the 1890s; McLoughlin Brothers switched much of its production over to chromolithography in 1895; cf. Radiant with color & art: McLoughlin Brothers and the business of picture books, 1858-1920 (2017), p. 22-23. "A few practical instructions for young painters."--p. [2] of wrapper. Instructions detail the use of watercolor paints. |
| Catalog Notes | Chromolithograped plates of children (most of them depicting children holding flowers) with same images in black outline opposite them for coloring. Cover title. Layout, typography and chromolithography suggest a publication date in the 1890s; McLoughlin Brothers switched much of its production over to chromolithography in 1895; cf. Radiant with color & art: McLoughlin Brothers and the business of picture books, 1858-1920 (2017), p. 22-23. "A few practical instructions for young painters."--p. [2] of wrapper. Instructions detail the use of watercolor paints. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy adopted by Megan Sleeper, 2014. Black and white illustrations hand-colored by a former owner. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |