Ladies' manual of art : or, Profit and pastime : a self teacher in all branches of decorative art, embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood : the secret of all glass transparencies, sketching from nature, pastel and crayon drawing, taxidermy, etc
An 1887 American self-instruction manual issued in Philadelphia by the American Mutual Library Association, teaching women decorative painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood, plus taxidermy and sketching. The 77 cuts run to ornamental initials, scrolling foliate borders and pendant tailpieces in dense black line, useful as drop caps, rule ends and page furniture.
