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Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
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Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
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Field, George, 1777?-1854
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Gartside, Mary
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Willson, Harry, 19th cent
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Andrews, James, 1806–1876
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Benson, William
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Cawse, John, 1779–1862
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Clark, Thomas A
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Hardie, George
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Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
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Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
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Mansion, L
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Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
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Ward, James, 1851–1927
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Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir, 1797–1875
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1997
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Books
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19th century
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20th century
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lithograph
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aquatint
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artists' book
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chromolithograph
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drawing book
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wood engraving
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correspondence
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engraving
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manuals (handbooks)
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screen print
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soft-ground etching
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textbook
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Color.
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Painting -- Technique.
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Composition (Art)
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House painting.
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Interior decoration.
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Aesthetics.
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Botanical illustration.
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Colors.
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Drawing books -- Specimens.
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Landscape painting -- Technique.
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Watercolor painting -- Technique.
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
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Artists' materials.
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Flowers in art.
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Paint mixing.
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Painting -- Study and teaching.
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Wilcockson, William -- Printer.
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Abbott, Anthony, fl. 1838.
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Ackermann, R. -- Binder. ( bac,rb copy 1)
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Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
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19th century
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Great Britain
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Edinburgh (Scotland)
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Dublin (Ireland)
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England
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London
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Associated People
Abbott, Anthony, fl. 1838
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Lizars, Daniel, d. 1812
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Taylor, J. W., active 1834–1837
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
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Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
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English
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Gartside, Mary
Ornamental groups, descriptive of flowers, birds, shells, fruit, insects, &c. and illustrative of a new theory of colouring,
1808 [that is, 1811?]
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Field, George, 1777?-1854
Field's chromatography
1885
3
Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
Sketching from nature in water-colours
[1875]
4
Letter to Anthony Abbott on the mixing and use of paint colors
1838 October 4
5
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
A practical treatise on composition, light and shade, and colour
MDCCCLI [1851]
6
Mr. Taylor's method of coloring
Sept. 1838
7
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
Lessons in flower painting.
[1836]
8
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Chromatography
[ca. 1840]
9
Mansion, L
Letters upon the art of miniature painting
[1822]
10
Hardie, George
Colour atlas
1997
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Clark, Thomas A
Dividing the light
1995
12
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring
1828
13
Gartside, Mary
An essay on a new theory of colours,
1808
14
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The laws of contrast of colour
1859
15
Cawse, John, 1779–1862
The art of painting portraits, landscapes, animals, draperies, satins, &c. in oil colours
1840
16
Ward, James, 1851–1927
Colour harmony and contrast
1912
17
Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir, 1797–1875
On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste
1858
18
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1844
19
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1847
20
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
The speculum, or, Art of drawing in water colours
1816
21
Benson, William
Principles of the science of colour
1868 [i. e. 1876]
22
Gartside, Mary
An essay on light and shade,
1805
23
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
The use of a box of colours
1842
24
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1836
25
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The principles of harmony and contrast of colours,
1859
26
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
Colour, as a means of art,
1838
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Field, George, 1777?-1854
Chromatography, or, A treatise on colours and pigments
1835
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Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The laws of contrast of colour
1857