The American Drawing-Book: A Manual for the Amateur, and Basis of Study for the Professional Artist: Especially Adapted to the Use of Public and Private Schools, as well as Home Instruction
John Gadsby Chapman
(American, 1808–1889)
Albert Bobbett
(American, born in England, about 1824–1888/1889)
Henry W. Herrick
(American, 1824–1906)
William Howland
(American, active from 1842–1875)
Joseph T. Howland
(American, active 1845–1858)
Augustus F. Kinnersley
(American, active 1845–1851)
Richard C. Major
(American, active 1845–1868)
Justus Starr Redfield
(American, 1810–1888)
1847
Place of PublicationNew York, New York, USA
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with wood engravings
DimensionsOverall: 30 x 23.1 x 2 cm (11 13/16 x 9 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number1978.375
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New York: J. S. Redfield, 1847
ProvenancePresented by the author to John S. Mahan (inscribed pen and brown ink preliminary leaf: "To John S. Mahan Esq / With the Author's Compts"; Maxim Karolik (1893-1963), by whom bequeathed to MFA (accessioned September 13, 1978).