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Smith, Caroline L · 1873 · Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, Lee, Shepard and Dillingham · 11 pictures

A household games and amusements manual by Caroline L. Smith, published in Boston and New York by Lee and Shepard in 1873 for parents and children making their own entertainments at home. The wood-engraved figures mix plain outline patterns for jointed paper dolls and cut-out bodies with shaded hand and arm studies demonstrating gestures, giving designers usable silhouette templates, riveted limb joints, and hatched anatomical vignettes.

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Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0