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Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
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Laporte, John, 1761–1839
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
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Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
6
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
5
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
4
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
3
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
3
Burn, Robert Scott
3
Cox, David, 1783–1859
3
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
3
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
3
Harley, George, 1791–1871
3
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
3
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
3
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
3
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
2
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
2
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
2
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
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165
Free to Use
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13
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Books
164
Archives & Manuscripts
5
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
2
Articles & Chapters
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178
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19th century
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18th century
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drawing book
107
soft-ground etching
44
handbooks and manual
36
aquatint
30
lithograph
22
wood engraving
14
engraving
12
etching
10
stipple engraving
9
ink drawing
4
publisher's advertisement
4
chromolithograph
3
graphite drawing
3
lithotint
3
watercolor
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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correspondence
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Drawing books -- Specimens.
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Watercolor painting -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Study and teaching.
31
Landscape drawing -- Technique.
28
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
28
Painting -- Technique.
23
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
18
Perspective.
15
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
14
Landscape painting -- Technique.
13
Perspective -- Technique.
13
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
11
Drawing -- 19th century -- Great Britain.
9
Landscape drawing.
9
Figure drawing -- Technique.
6
Landscape drawing -- Study and teaching.
6
Perspective -- Study and teaching.
6
Anatomy, Artistic.
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19th century
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19h century
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Great Britain
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England
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Edinburgh (Scotland)
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Edinburgh
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London
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Alps
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Belfast
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Brighton
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Brighton (England)
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Chron
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Coventry (England)
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Dublin
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France
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Gloucester (England)
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Ireland
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Italy
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Shrewsbury
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Stratford-upon-Avon (England)
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Switzerland
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Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
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Gabourel, Jean Josué
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Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
1
Hennell, Harriet
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
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Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
1
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
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Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
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Robertson, Emily
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Shafe, John
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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)
4
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
2
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
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English
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French
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German
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Russian
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Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
2
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822
A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature
[1807?]
3
Cox, David, 1783–1859
The young artist's companion, or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments
1825
4
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
The beauties & defects in the figure of the horse
[1816]
5
The principles of drawing and painting
1811
6
Barnard, George, 1807–1890
The Continental drawing book
Jany. 2nd, 1837
7
Fairland, Thomas, 1804–1852
Juliens' New progressive drawing book of the human figure
[18--]
8
Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees
1813
9
Six progressive lessons for flower painting
January 1, 1802
10
Rodwell and Martin's Lithographic drawing book for students
[1821]
11
Malton, James, d. 1803
The young painter's maulstick
1800
12
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[ca. 1801]
13
Martin, John, 1789–1854
Characters of trees
1817
14
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
15
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Sketching landscape scenery, part 2nd
not before 1825
16
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Rudiments of landscape in progressive studies
1813
17
Burgess, John Cart, 1798–1863
Useful hints on drawing and painting;
1818
18
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Process of sketching a landscape
1805
19
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application
[1856]
20
Burn, Robert Scott
The illustrated London drawing book ...
1853
21
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
W.H. Pyne on rustic figures
1817
22
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape
1800
23
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Hints to young practitioners, in the study of landscape painting
24
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
The youth's new London self-instructing drawing book
1834
25
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
[Drawing book of trees]
1821.]
26
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Perspective explained in a series of dialogues between the author's children George, Ann, Eliza and John
circa 1820
27
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Lessons on trees
MDCCCL [1850]
28
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
Proportion, or, The geometric principle of beauty, analysed
1843
29
Burn, Robert Scott
The illustrated London drawing book ...
1852
30
Steeley, Frank
Bacon's Excelsior first grade drawing cards
[1893?]
31
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Copper plates used in Pyne's Etchings of rustic figures
1814, April 1-July 1
32
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Etchings of rustic figures
[1815]
33
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
A new drawing book, in the manner of chalk
1819
34
Blunt, Charles
An essay on mechanical drawing
1811
35
Bolton, Hannah
Hannah Bolton's first drawing book
[1853]
36
Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844
The practice of drawing and painting landscape from nature, in water colours
1820
37
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1823
38
Artist's sketchbook,
circa 1809?
39
Varley, John, 1778–1842
Precepts of landscape drawing, exemplified in fifteen views
1818]
40
Sutcliffe, J. V. (John V.)
Drawing book of horses in progressive lessons
[1855?]
41
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
The art of drawing in perspective made easy
1810
42
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
An introduction to perspective, adapted to the capacities of youth, in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues, between the author's children
1813
43
Chubb's drawing book, and artists' assistant
1824
44
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Process of sketching a landscape
1801
45
Tate, Thomas, 1807–1888
Drawing for schools
1854
46
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Hassell's drawing magazine ..
1808-1811
47
Harley, George, 1791–1871
First principles of landscape drawing
1829
48
Hamilton, George, writer on art
The elements of drawing, for the use of students
1812
49
Bragg, G.. F
Progressive sketches for the lead pencil
[1835?]
50
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting
[1808?]
51
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Elements of drawing and painting in water colours;
1848
52
Munn, Paul Sandby, 1773–1845
Progressive lessons
1810
53
Principles of perspective
1812
54
Milbourne, Henry, 1781–ca. 1826
Studies of cows from life
[1805]
55
Chalon, Henry Bernard, 1770–1849
Chalon's drawing book of animals and birds of every description
[1822?]
56
Green, Benjamin Richard, 1808–1876
Illustrations of perspective
[184-?]
57
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Footsteps to drawing, according to the rules of perspective
1816
58
Lucas, Ralph Willett, 1796–1874
The art of sketching flowers from nature
1853
59
Studies of trees sketched from nature
1800
60
Earp, Frederick, 1827–1897
The Brighton drawing book
[184-?]
61
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Elementary art, or, The use of the lead pencil advocated and explained
MDCCCXXXIV[1834]
62
Le Capelain, John, 1814?-1848
John Le Capelain letter to J.J. Gabousel
1841 May 2
63
Steeley, Frank
Bacon's "Excelsior" drawing cards
[1893?]
64
Rudiments of drawing, shadowing, and colouring flowers in water colours
1818 [i.e. 1817]
65
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1820
66
Walker, John Rawson, 1796–1873
The new descriptive lesson for carbonic drawing
[ca. 1847]
67
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
An introduction to perspective, drawing, and painting
1815
68
Dighton, Denis, 1792–1827
Progressive studies in cattle
May, 1820
69
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
J.D. Harding's early drawing-book
1838
70
Stanley, Montague, 1809–1844
M. Stanley's drawing book
[1841?]
71
Cox, David, 1783–1859
A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours
1812
72
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1815
73
Shepherd, Charles C
Shepherd's portable slate desk
[1877?]
74
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Principles and practice of sketching landscape scenery from nature
1820
75
Miles, Leonidas Clint
A guide to sketching from nature in water colours
1868
76
Wells, John, 1757 or 1758–1843
An epitome of perspective
1817]
77
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Practical hints on portrait painting
1860
78
British small birds
[188-]
79
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Elementary art, or, The use of the chalk and lead pencil advocated and explained
1846
80
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
The youth's new London self-instructing drawing book
1833
81
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
Bowles's Passions of the soul
[1800?]
82
Bright, Henry, 1810–1873
Ackermann's rudimental drawing-book, for beginners in landscape
[1843]
83
Perkins, Elizabeth Steele
Elements of drawing and flower painting
1835
84
A drawing book of landscapes
1810
85
Watt, Alexander George
Landscape & velvet painting
circa 1819?
86
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808–1889
The American drawing-book
1847
87
Cheesman, Thomas, 1760–
Rudiments of drawing the human figure
[1816]
88
Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
A compendium of the theory and practice of drawing and painting
1819
89
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Elements of drawing and painting in water colours
1857
90
Burgess, J. Howard (James Howard), 1817–1890
Ward's progressive book of landscape drawing
1847
91
Gilbert, B. W
A treatise on the art of mezzotinto pencilling
[183-?]
92
Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de, 1746–1830
Neues und fassliches Lehrbuch zum Zeichnen und Mahlen nach richtigen Grundfässen
1805
93
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Groups of flowers
1819
94
Dicksee, J. R. (John Robert), 1817–1905
The school perspective
[1862]
95
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sketches of cattle
[1819]
96
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Practical hints on portrait painting
1850
97
Buchanan's initiatory drawing lessons
1828
98
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Two essays
1804
99
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
The principles and practice of sketching landscape scenery from nature
1816
100
First drawing book
1845
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