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Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
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Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
3
Field, George, 1777?-1854
3
Gartside, Mary
3
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
2
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
1
Benson, William
1
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
1
Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
1
Ward, James, 1851–1927
1
Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir, 1797–1875
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1997
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
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unknown
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Period
19th century
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20th century
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Work Type
lithograph
7
aquatint
2
artists' book
2
chromolithograph
2
drawing book
2
wood engraving
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correspondence
1
engraving
1
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.
2
Flowers in art.
2
Paint mixing.
2
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
1
Lizars, Daniel, d. 1812
1
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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Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The principles of harmony and contrast of colours,
1859
3
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
Colour, as a means of art,
1838
4
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Chromatography, or, A treatise on colours and pigments
1835
5
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
The speculum, or, Art of drawing in water colours
1816
6
Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir, 1797–1875
On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste
1858
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Benson, William
Principles of the science of colour
1868 [i. e. 1876]
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Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The laws of contrast of colour
1857
9
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Field's chromatography
1885
10
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1844
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Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1847
12
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
Lessons in flower painting.
[1836]
13
Clark, Thomas A
Dividing the light
1995
14
Hardie, George
Colour atlas
1997
15
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
The use of a box of colours
1842
16
Mansion, L
Letters upon the art of miniature painting
[1822]
17
Cawse, John, 1779–1862
The art of painting portraits, landscapes, animals, draperies, satins, &c. in oil colours
1840
18
Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
Sketching from nature in water-colours
[1875]
19
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Chromatography
[ca. 1840]
20
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring
1828
21
Gartside, Mary
An essay on light and shade,
1805
22
Letter to Anthony Abbott on the mixing and use of paint colors
1838 October 4
23
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The laws of contrast of colour
1859
24
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
A practical treatise on composition, light and shade, and colour
MDCCCLI [1851]
25
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1836
26
Gartside, Mary
An essay on a new theory of colours,
1808
27
Ward, James, 1851–1927
Colour harmony and contrast
1912
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Mr. Taylor's method of coloring
Sept. 1838