Art
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ART CLASS The exhibit “Teaching America To Draw: Instructional Manuals and Ephemera, 1794 to 1925” features artifacts of drawing primers for both children and adults. Many of the pieces are shown as works-inprogress, such as “Lady in a Grid,” taken from the 1893 publication “Elements of Drawing” by Henry Williams. Far left, “Dogs” from Caroline Hunt Timmer’s “Animal Drawing” (1895); left, “Young Girl” from “William Hermes’ United States Drawing-school” (1862). Through Saturday, July 29, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., the Grolier Club, 47 E. 60th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-838-6690, free.
