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The McLoughlin Bros. - Hosmer
Archival Drawings and Prints
The Box List
This collection contains the following four divisions:
I. Drawings, Proofs, and Print Samples Identified
by
Illustrator, Title, or Subject. 1858-(1880-1900)-1920.
II. Numbered Watercolor Drawings. ca.
1880-1900.
III. Miscellaneous Unidentified Watercolor Drawings.
ca.
1858-1900.
IV. Miscellaneous Unidentified
Pen and Ink Drawings. ca. 1880-1900.
I. Drawings,
Proofs, and
Print
Samples Identified by
Illustrator, Title,
or Subject. 1858-(1880-1900)-1920.
19 oversize boxes, 7 manuscript boxes,
2 double oversize boxes
Arranged in a single alphabetical list by illustrator, if known; by title, if no illustrator is known; by subject, if no illustrator or title are known. Includes significant holdings of drawings by Enos B. Comstock, Frances B. Comstock, Palmer Cox, Georgina A. Davis, "Grosvenor," Anthony Hochstein, Justin H. Howard, Sarah Noble Ives, H.F. Nedeham, Victor Renwick, "Valmotte," and Ida Waugh. Also contains drawings for The Night Before Christmas, along with creative portrayals of Santa Claus. In addition there are engravings and proofs produced by other publishing houses and collected by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., including portraits of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century political leaders, and prints for a Bible history.
II. Numbered
Watercolor
Drawings. ca.
1880-1900.
3 oversize boxes, 1
manuscript box.
Largely unidentified watercolor drawings bearing a McLoughlin
office identification number in the lower left corner. Arranged
numerically. The bulk of the drawings feature scenes of children at
play.
Includes several drawings for The Hind in the Wood, imitating the style
of
Walter Crane. Also contains several drawings portraying Biblical and
Shakespearean scenes.
III.
Miscellaneous
Unidentified Watercolor
Drawings. ca.
1858-1900.
1 oversize box, 1 manuscript box, 1 double oversize box.
Unsigned watercolor drawings. Most of them feature children.
IV. Miscellaneous
Unidentified
Pen and Ink
Drawings. ca. 1880-1900.
3 oversize boxes, 1 manuscript box.
Includes sets of drawings for unidentified titles. Features drawings of children and landscapes. Some of the individual drawings bear handwritten captions.
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