One painting book entitled The Easy Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1904. The front cover shows a young girl standing next to a small pony. On the back cover in the lower right-hand corner is the company's trademark and "No. 84." The inside front cover features six colored circles--yellow, red, blue, orange, green, and purple-- which are identified as Primary Colors and Secondary Colors. These colors were meant as a guide for coloring in the book's images and, as explained in the instructions printed on the inside of the back cover, they are the actual pigments to be used (with water) to apply color within the book itself. These colors appear to have been used. Six color images, including the cover and title page, are included. Four colored images are matched by four identical images printed only in outline. Many of the outlined images have been filled in using watercolor. In the upper right hand corner of the title page, in pencil, is written "JX 5--".
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