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Cox, David, 1783–1859
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Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
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Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
4
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
3
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
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Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
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Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
2
Hatton, Thomas
2
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
2
Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
2
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
2
Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
2
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
2
Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson, 1783–1853
2
Smibert, Tony
2
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
1
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
1
Angelo, Michael, 18th cent
1
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
1
Boot, W. H. J. (William Henry James), 1848–1918
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Under Certain Circumstances
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107
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19th century
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18th century
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17th century
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21st century
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drawing book
58
handbooks and manual
44
aquatint
28
chromolithograph
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engraving
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lithograph
11
soft-ground etching
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etching
8
wood engraving
8
stipple engraving
6
chromoxylograph
3
ink drawing
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publisher's advertisement
3
steel engraving
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watercolor
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woodcut
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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Watercolor painting -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
54
Landscape painting -- Technique.
25
Painting -- Technique.
23
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
18
Drawing books -- Specimens.
17
Watercolor painting -- Study and teaching.
12
Flowers in art.
6
Landscape drawing -- Technique.
6
Color -- Study and teaching.
5
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
5
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
4
Anatomy, Artistic.
4
Botanical illustration -- Technique.
4
Colors.
4
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
4
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528.
4
Watercolor painting -- 19th century -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain
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England
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London
5
Edinburgh (Scotland)
2
Birmingham (England)
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Glasgow (Scotland)
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Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
4
Titian, approximately 1488–1576
3
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
3
Cox, David, 1783–1859
1
Gilbert, John, Sir, 1817–1897
1
Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802–1873
1
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
1
Osborn, William
1
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
1
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
1
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
1
Robertson, Emily
1
Taylor, J. W., active 1834–1837
1
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
1
Exhibition History
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
8
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
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Russian
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Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
2
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching
1675
3
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,
1647
4
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The art of dravving vvith the pen,
1607
5
Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees
1813
6
Six progressive lessons for flower painting
January 1, 1802
7
Angelo, Michael, 18th cent
The drawing school for little masters and misses
1773
8
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
9
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Elements of drawing and painting in water colours;
1838
10
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
An introduction to painting in water colours in theory and practice
1852
11
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
1731
12
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape
1800
13
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Hints to young practitioners, in the study of landscape painting
14
Pretty, Edward, 1792–1865
A practical essay on flower painting in water colours
1812
15
Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
A course of water-colour painting
[1884?]
16
Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844
The practice of drawing and painting landscape from nature, in water colours
1820
17
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1688
18
Harrison, Henry, artist
Instructions for the mixture of water-colours,
1843
19
Francia, François Louis Thomas, 1772–1839
A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of flower painting in water colours
1815
20
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Elements of drawing and painting in water colours;
1841
21
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
The speculum, or, Art of drawing in water colours
1816
22
Foster, Vere, 1819–1900
Vere Foster's advanced water-color drawing
[1873]
23
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting
[1808?]
24
Boot, W. H. J. (William Henry James), 1848–1918
Trees and how to paint them in watercolours
1883
25
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Elements of drawing and painting in water colours;
1848
26
The Art of drawing and painting in water-colours
1731
27
Hatton, Thomas
Hints for sketching trees from nature, in water colours
[ca. 1890]
28
Rudiments of drawing, shadowing, and colouring flowers in water colours
1818 [i.e. 1817]
29
Warren, Henry, 1794–1879
Painting in water colours
1856
30
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
31
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1668
32
Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson, 1783–1853
The art of landscape painting in water-colours
1878
33
Cox, David, 1783–1859
A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours
1812
34
Hatton, Thomas
Water colour without a master
1857
35
Miles, Leonidas Clint
A guide to sketching from nature in water colours
1868
36
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints
1660
37
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
[1698]
38
Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780–1867
The art of drawing and painting simplified ..
1840
39
Hanbury, Blanche
Advanced studies of flower painting in water colors
1885
40
Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
Flower painting made easy
[1760?]
41
Hand book of the elements of painting in water colors : with practical instructions for mixing and shading the same
1843
42
Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
A compendium of the theory and practice of drawing and painting
1819
43
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Elements of drawing and painting in water colours
1857
44
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Groups of flowers
1819
45
The young artist's complete magazine, for the instruction of the young of both sexes, or, A complete body of the polite and useful arts
[1785?]
46
Penley, Aaron Edwin, 1807–1870
The English school of painting in water-colours
1880
47
Arts companion, or A new assistant for the ingenious,
1749
48
Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
Sketching from nature in water-colours
[1875]
49
Smith, John, fl. 1673–1680.
The art of painting in oil
1788
50
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
The gentlemans exercise, or, An exquisite practise
1634
51
A new drawing book engrav'd from the curious designs of that great master M. Poilly
[approximately 1730]
52
Lens, Bernard, 1682–1740
For the curious young gentlemen and ladies that study and practice the commendable art of drawing, colouring, etc.
1751
53
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
A series of easy lessons in landscape drawing
1820
54
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Easy lessons in landscape drawing
[1819]
55
The art of drawing, and painting in water-colours
1763
56
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
The theory and practice of painting in oil and water colours for landscape and portraits
1852
57
Needham, J
Studies of trees in pencil and in water colors
[1895]
58
Cox, David, 1783–1859
A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours
1828
59
Cox, David, 1783–1859
A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colour
1823
60
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
The progress of a water-coloured drawing
[ca. 1807?]
61
Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
A course of water-colour painting
[1880?]
62
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Groups of fruit
1819
63
Bryant, Joshua, fl. 1795–1810
Bryant's treatise on the use of indian ink and colours
1808]
64
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
On the theory of painting
1836
65
Delamotte, Philip Henry, 1820–1889
The art of sketching from nature
1871
66
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Practical illustration of Gilpin's day
1811
67
Cousin, Jehan, ca. 1522–ca. 1593
L'art de dessiner
MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
68
O'Neill, Henry, 1798–1880
A guide to pictorial art
1849
69
Cox, David, 1783–1859
A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of painting in water colours
1841
70
The florist
[between 1770 and 1784?]
71
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Rudiments of landscape drawing
1812
72
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
Lessons on drawing, watercolors, and miniatures
1797-1803
73
Sketches in water colors, by various artists
[1881]
74
Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson, 1783–1853
The art of landscape painting in water colours
1850
75
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The first booke of drawing & limning
circa 1700?
76
Cox, David, 1783–1859
A series of progressive lessons
1820
77
Noble, R. P
A guide to water colour painting
1850
78
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Lessons for beginners in the fine art
[1796]
79
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
A practical essay on the art of colouring and painting landscapes in water colours
1807
80
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
The progress of a water-coloured drawing
[ca. 1811]
81
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
The art of flower painting, in easy lessons
[1842]
82
Smith, Penelope
Studies of flowers from nature ...
[ca. 1818]
83
The florist
[ca. 1760]
84
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
General rures [sic] for painting in oil and water-colours;
1747
85
Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
A compendium of the theory and practice of drawing and painting
1818
86
Green, N. E. (Nathaniel Everett), 1823–1899
Practical lessons in watercolour painting
[1865]
87
Smith, John, fl. 1673–1680
Short and direct method of painting in water-colours
1730
88
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
The speculum, or, Art of drawing in water colours
1810
89
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting
[1804]
90
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
A practical essay on the art of colouring, and painting landscapes in water colours, with ten illustrative engravings
1825
91
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
The young artists assistant, or, A familiar introduction to the art of drawing, with instructions for colouring &c.
1810
92
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The Art of painting in water colours
1797
93
Dibdin, Thomas Colman, 1810–1893
Dibdin's progressive lessons in water-colour painting
1848
94
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Camera, or, art of drawing in water colours
1823
95
Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690–1770
The florist, or, An extensive and curious collection of flowers, for the imitation of young ladies, either in drawing, or in needle-work
[1759]
96
Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
A system of water-colour painting
1851
97
Art of drawing and painting in water-colours
1770
98
Mr. Taylor's method of coloring
Sept. 1838
99
Purcell, Edward, fl. 1812–1831
[Sketchbook, with pen and ink watercolor studies of figures, heads, and rural and classical figures]
[ca. 1829?]
100
Cox, David, 1783–1859
A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours
1811
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