Included in Andrew F. Johnson’s Correspondence School For Automobile Body Makers, Designers and Draftsman were a series of drawings of automobile chassis from a variety of manufacturers, ready for custom bodies to be drawn as homework assignments. As far as I know, these are the only surviving drawings of cars by Johnson, considered the father of American automotive styling because of the many first generation stylists whom he taught. In the case of the drawing of the Packard above, in addition to one of the original black and white reproductions in the NAHC portfolio of the  (which we’re calling “originals” in this project to distinguish from “cyanotype” reproductions) there were also the original hand drawings, in Johnson’s own hand, pasted up for reproduction. The chassis drawings were not the only drawings of cars in the course, as some of the lesson papers also have examples of Johnson’s automotive art, which have been included in the Automobile Drawings category as well. On an organizational note, on this blog, Johnson’s car drawings have been used as dividers, posted in between the lesson papers’ different series.

Andrew F. Johnson’s Automobile Drawings (Drawings from Lesson Papers also included)

1. 1913 Cole Stratton (Original)
2. 1913 Cole Stratton (Cyanotype)
3. 1912 De Deon Bouton (Original)
4. 1912 De Deon Bouton (Cyanotype)
5. Second Series: Lesson Paper 7a – Subject: A Runabout
6. Second Series: Lesson Paper 8a – Subject: Physician’s Brougham (Original)
7. Second Series: Lesson Paper 8a – Subject: Physician’s Brougham (Cyanotype)
8. Isotta Fraschini (Original)
9. Isotta Fraschini (Cyanotype)
10. Untitled Limousine
11. Packard Runabout – Andrew F. Johnson’s Original Drawings
12. Packard Runabout – First Reproduction
13. Packard Runabout – Chassis Drawing for Assignments (Original)
14. Packard Runabout – Chassis Drawing for Assignments (Cyanotype)
15. Panhard Levassor (Original)
16. Panhard Levassor (Cyanotype)
17. Pierce Arrow (Original)
18. Pierce Arrow (Cyanotype)
19. 1912 Renault Freres (Original)
20. 1912 Renault Freres (Cyanotype)
21. Figures 24, 25, 26 & 27
22. Springs and Chassis Components (Hand Drawing, color)
23. Springs and Chassis Components (Hand Drawing, color)
24. Carriage Drawing (Front, Rear, Side and Plan Views)
25. Carriage Drawing (Perspective View – Four Seat Carriage)
26. Carriage Drawing (Perspective View – Two Seat Carriage)