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Show CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, 1901-190 ATHERskeen aptitudeasacommercial artist appeared asearlya 1901, when he assumed the dutfes of "artfst" for the Chillicoth ephemera i th uated ‘chalk-plate" proc ess, thus bringing to thz newspaper a serfes of fllustrative maten'al otherwise would no have been posstble. From1901 until 1904 whe he assumed | his designingdutiex x E:m Aurora, the pubucauon hadbee glaxenesofprog f legerdematn presented by his brothe *hil. Inaportfono the programentitled "A Few Minutesinan Artist' o with Dard Hunter," he entertafned his audfences with "h kspeaking ashedmwwnhcolou red chx\k ontinted paper nte g;s ketches ro ydozemo 1llustrations Father drew for the newxpapfly 3ve§ho;enelevenasr&presema(i eof hisdrawingsmadeby the"chalk Plate" process. Durin 19mandlQoz,heandh{sbmtheruied(hefacllft(e of the NEWS-ADVERTISER to operate one of this country's earlfes nly ona highly glazed paper,each Leaf of this booklet fsembeu,;hgfwnh h ad(ngs,inmzls tailpieces,an margfnal emblems. Wit atter The leaves of !hls pulblfca!ion arefax(ened by a ribbon drawn throug coloured coveronwhich printe the rear 1 {5 a sign board and post printed in yellow outlin with the lenen"EMBELLISHMENTSb DARD (UNTER" arrangt top Soonrolledstringin down theLengthof the pest,Onthe s . supporte by wrought-fron bncket, - "THE YOCTAN ESS" wit CflmPlete copfes of this. mmal undmakmg and an add{tfonal one showinga serfes of consecutive colour plates, each colour printed separately onone o, The typeof lettertng he used,along with the variousembellishment desfgns, for a basis for, and are stmilar to, Fathers first fe designsdrawna the Reoycroft Shops in East Aurora, New York, in190d Digital Image © 2005 Marrioft Library University of Utah. All rights reserved |
