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Box List History of the McLoughlin Bros. About the collection

The Box List

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

A-B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Campfire girls.
1 watercolor drawing.
OS Box 2 Folder 25

Chatterwell stories.
3 watercolor drawings:
1 watercolor with printed proof on verso; 1 watercolor for cover; 1 watercolor for spine.
MS Box 1 Folders 95-97

Cherub.
1 watercolor drawing.
MS Box 1 Folder 98

Children.
[ca. 1890]
8 watercolors, perhaps drawn by the same artist. 4 of them mounted, 4 of them not mounted. Feature scenes of children at play, dreaming, sledding.
MS Box 1 Folders 99-100; MS Box 2 Folders 101-106

Children in the wood.
[ca. 1898]
5 of 6 hand-colored proofs.
OS Box 2 Folders 26-30

Children's delight.
1 hand-colored proof.
OS Box 2 Folder 31

A Christmas carol by Charles Dickens.
3 watercolor drawings, 1 pen and ink drawing.
MS Box 2 Folders 107-110

Cinderella.
5 pen and ink drawings.
OS Box 2 Folders 32-36

Cogger, Edward P.
King Donkey's doings. 1 printed proof for cover design, with pen and ink embellishments. Signed: Cogger sc.
MS Box 2 Folder 111

Nursery ABC (linen). 1 printed proof.
OS Box 2 Folder 37

Color separations.
Bound series (ca. 1885?)
Binder 1

Color separations.
Plates made by The Chromatic Process Engraving Co. 250 West 54th St., New York.
OS Box 3 Folder 38


Coloring book.
[ca. 1860?] 1 watercolor drawing.
MS Box 2 Folder 112

Coloring book.
14 proofs.
OS Box 3 Folders 39-52

Columbus.
6 photographic prints. Arranged by chapter written on versos. Includes portraits of Columbus, as well as depictions of Columbus on his voyage, at the Spanish Court.
MS Box 2 Folders 113-118

Comstock, Enos B. (Enos Benjamin), 1879-1945
Boat club by "Oliver Optic" (i.e., William Taylor Adams).
7 pen and ink drawings.
OS Box 3 Folders 53-59

Carpenter's Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.).
1 monochrome drawing. Signature of Enos B. Comstock (?) on verso of board. Verso of drawing numbered 29698; bears Enos Comstock's address: 556 W. 186th St. New York.
OS Box 3 Folder 60

Cast up by the sea.
12 pen and ink drawings on cardboard. Includes chapter heads.
OS Box 4 Folders 61-72

Fairy tales.
5 pen and ink drawings. Captions: The wild man of the marsh; "Ee-aw! E-aw!"; The clever prince; Prince Veldering and Maid Miseri; Maid Lena
OS Box 5 Folders 73-77

The Flying Dutchman.
3 pen and ink drawings.
OS Box 5 Folders 78-80

Governor Manco and the soldier.
1 pen and ink drawing.
OS Box 5 Folder 81

Legends.
3 pen and ink drawings.
OS Box 5 Folders 82-84

Paul Revere's ride.
1 watercolor drawing.
OS Box 5 Folder 85

Preservation of the Connecticut Charter.
1 watercolor drawing.
OS Box 5 Folder 86

To the rescue.
2 pen and ink drawings.
OS Box 5 Folders 87-88

Tom Potter.
3 pen and ink drawings.
OS Box 5 Folders 89-91

Wreck of the Jonkheer.
2 pen and ink drawings.
OS Box 5 Folders 92-93

6 pen and ink drawings featuring ships. Captions mention the Hornet, and "Jeffrey the Sailor." Some drawings are inscribed with Comstock's address: 556 W. 186th St. New York.
OS Box 5 Folders 94-99

8 pen and ink drawings for an unknown title.
Drawings feature two boys in seventeenth-century dress.
OS Box 5 Folders 100-102; OS Box 6 Folders 103-107

Comstock, Frances Bassett, b. 1881
Ball heaving.
1 pen and ink drawing.
OS Box 6 Folder 108

Edmy and the echo.
1 pen and ink drawing.
OS Box 6 Folders 109

Joan of Arc.
Apparently copies made by Frances Comstock from drawings by H.J. Ford. 21 pen and ink drawings: 10 drawings signed by Frances Comstock; 11 disbound printed book illustrations signed by H.J. Ford.
OS Box 6 Folders 110-120

1 title page design
2 captions; 1 printed proof on book cloth (for cover?).
MS Box 2 Folders 119-120

Legends or fairy tales.
2 pen and ink drawings. Captions: The shoemaker's apprentice; The wishing box.
OS Box 6 Folders 121-122

Margot and the golden fish.
6 pen and ink drawings: the last two of these drawings are by Enos B. Comstock.
OS Box 6 Folders 123-128

Night.
2 pen and ink drawings.
OS Box 6 Folders 129-130

Puss in Boots.
12 pen and ink drawings. Captions penciled in.
OS Box 6 Folders 131-136; OS Box 7 Folders 137-142

The Story of little Martin.
1 pen and ink drawing.
OS Box 7 Folder 143

Sword breaking at the king's court.
1 pen and ink drawing.
OS Box 7 Folder 144

Throwing the tea overboard.
1 pencil drawing.
OS Box 7 Folder 145

1 unidentified pen and ink drawing.
Caption: "Mistress!" I am dying of thirst.
OS Box 7 Folder 146

Cowboys and Native Americans
4 watercolor drawings of cowboys on horseback, carrying rifles. 1 watercolor drawing of a Native American wearing a feather war bonnet and shooting a rifle.
MS Box 7 Folders 9-13

Cox, Palmer, 1840-1924
The Dude [ca. 1892]
1 hand-colored proof.
OS Box 7 Folder 147
See also: Palmer Cox Stand-up Wooden Dolls, AAS Games Collection; Books illustrated by Palmer Cox in the AAS Online Catalog.

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