One wooden lap desk labeled Professor Nast's Sketching Rack for Young Artists, manufactured by C. C. Shepherd, New York, ca. 1885. The sub-title reads "The most important part of the Education of Children, in Drafting or Pencil Sketching. This Rack furnishes a complete outfit for that purpose." The desk is comprised of a wooden box with a hinged "double" lid. The uppermost lid is the smaller of the two, and bears the item label on the top surface, and provides space for holding a sample image (for copying) underneath. The second lid, also slanted, serves as the lid that covers the lower portion of the box. The top of this lid is covered with blue blotting paper. The box includes 12 sheets of woodblock images and 3 paper-covered wooden slats containing images for copying. The wooden slats illustrate penmanship forms and basic geometric shapes. Also included are 2 sheets of paper containing illustrations copied, in pencil, from two of the sample woodblock images, and a sheet of used blotting paper. "Ernest" is written in ms., in red chalk, on the blue blotting paper. "For {Harry N. Rice & Minnie L. Rice} Flo" is written in ms., in pencil, on the underside of the box bottom.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
10 6/8 in. W x 9 5/8 in. H x 2 1/2 in. D ; 27.5 cm. W x 24.5 cm. H x 6 cm. D
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