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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
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Coxe, William, 1747–1828
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Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
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Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
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Cumberland, George, 1754–1848
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Garrard, George, 1760–1826
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Laporte, John, 1761–1839
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Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
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Meares, John, 1756?-1809
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Metz, C. M. (Conrad Martin), 1755–1827
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Morland, George, 1763–1804
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Savérien, Alexandre, 1720–1805
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Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
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Books
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18th century
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soft-ground etching
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aquatint
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drawing book
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etching
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engraving
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handbooks and manual
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stipple engraving
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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engravin
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mezzotint
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travel literature
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Subject Terms
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Blamire, R. -- Publisher.
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Cadell, T. -- Publisher.
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Dickinson, William -- Publisher.
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Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Highlands (Scotland) -- Description and travel.
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Scotland -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Switzerland -- Description and travel.
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Allen, William. -- Publisher.
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Animals in art -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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Botanical illustration -- Early works to 1800.
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Bourchier, Jane Barbara Codrington, Lady, d.1884 -- Pres. insc. to the Codrington Library at Dodington.
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Brown, Georgina -- Autograph.
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Canterbury Cathedral.
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China -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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China -- Commerce -- Northwest Coast of North America -- Early works to 1800.
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Chron. -- 1791–1800.
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Church buildings -- England -- Gloucestershire.
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Codrington family -- Provenance.
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19th century
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Great Britain
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Highlands (Scotland)
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Scotland
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Switzerland
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China Great Britain
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China Northwest Coast of North America
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Dublin (Ireland)
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Gloucestershire (England)
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Great Britain China
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London (England)
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New Forest (England : Forest)
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Northwest Coast of North America
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Northwest Coast of North America China
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Northwest Passage
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Pacific Ocean
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Vancouver Island (B.C.)
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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)
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English
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French
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
1786
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Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Antiquities of London and its environs
1791-[1800]
3
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Etchings of views and antiquities in the county of Gloucestershire
[1791]
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An accurate description and history of the metropolitan and cathedral churches of Canterbury and York
1755
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Cumberland, George, 1754–1848
Lewina the maid of Snowdon
1793
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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty
1789
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Meares, John, 1756?-1809
Voyages made in the years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West coast of America
MDCCXC [1790]
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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Remarks on forest scenery, and other woodland views, (relative chiefly to picturesque beauty)
1791
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Coxe, William, 1747–1828
Travels in Switzerland, and in the country of the Grisons
1794
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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty
1792
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Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
A drawing book of landscapes
1786
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Morland, George, 1763–1804
Sketches from nature
1796-1797
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Garrard, George, 1760–1826
Sketches of animals from nature
March 1st, 1794
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Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Of the characters of trees
1795-1798
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Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
A drawing book of landscapes
[1786]
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The student's treasure
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
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Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape
1793
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Metz, C. M. (Conrad Martin), 1755–1827
Fores's new chalk drawing-book, of heads and academy figures
1795-1799
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Coxe, William, 1747–1828
[Plates from William Coxe's Travels in Switzerland]
[1794]
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Savérien, Alexandre, 1720–1805
Histoire des philosophes modernes
[1760-1769?]