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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Laporte, John, 1761–1839
7
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
7
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
6
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
4
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
3
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
3
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
3
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
3
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
3
Cox, David, 1783–1859
2
Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
2
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
2
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
2
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
2
Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
2
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
2
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
2
Murray, Henry, F.S.A
2
Orme, William, active 1797–1819
2
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
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Books
177
Archives & Manuscripts
3
Prints
2
Articles & Chapters
1
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unknown
184
Period
19th century
95
18th century
71
17th century
16
16th century
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20th century
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drawing book
156
handbooks and manual
98
soft-ground etching
43
aquatint
27
engraving
24
etching
13
stipple engraving
7
wood engraving
6
lithograph
5
publisher's advertisement
4
ink drawing
3
armorial bookplates (provenance)
2
publishers' advertisement
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woodcut
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children's book
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chromolithograph
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correspondence
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Watercolor painting -- Technique.
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Painting -- Technique.
35
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
32
Landscape drawing -- Technique.
22
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
13
Landscape painting -- Technique.
10
Perspective.
10
Perspective -- Early works to 1800.
9
Perspective -- Technique.
9
Anatomy, Artistic.
7
Colors.
6
Glass painting and staining.
6
Drawing books -- Specimens.
5
Flowers in art.
5
Harrison, L. -- Printer.
5
Sayer, Robert -- Publisher.
5
Amber.
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18th century
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Great Britain
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England
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London
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Brighton
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Coventry (England)
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Dublin (Ireland)
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Edinburgh
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Gloucester (England)
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London (England)
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Rome
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Worcestershire (England)
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Associated People
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
4
Ashfield, Edmund, active 1673–1700
1
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
1
Luttrell, Dorothy
1
Luttrell, Edward
1
Osborn, William
1
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
1
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
1
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
1
Robertson, Emily
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)
22
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
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English
179
French
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German
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Italian
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Russian
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Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
A book of landskips & buildings pleasant & useful for youth to draw after
[between 1726 and 1736]
2
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
3
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
1786
4
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie
1670. (fol.)
5
Rodler, Hieronymus
Perspectiua
1546
6
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822
A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature
[1807?]
7
The artist's vade mecum
1786
8
Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836
A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure
1796
9
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching
1675
10
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,
1647
11
The principles of drawing and painting
1811
12
Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees
1813
13
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The art of dravving vvith the pen,
1607
14
Fairland, Thomas, 1804–1852
Juliens' New progressive drawing book of the human figure
[18--]
15
The art of drawing without a master
[1768]
16
Angelo, Michael, 18th cent
The drawing school for little masters and misses
1773
17
The compleat drawing-book
MDCCLV [1755]
18
Six progressive lessons for flower painting
January 1, 1802
19
The compleat drawing-master;
1766
20
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[ca. 1801]
21
Martin, John, 1789–1854
Characters of trees
1817
22
Rodwell and Martin's Lithographic drawing book for students
[1821]
23
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The principles of drawing, or, An easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art
MDCCLII [1752]
24
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
25
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
1731
26
Stanley, Montague, 1809–1844
M. Stanley's drawing book
[1841?]
27
The art of drawing in perspective
1786
28
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Hints to young practitioners, in the study of landscape painting
29
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
W.H. Pyne on rustic figures
1817
30
Rudiments of drawing, shadowing, and colouring flowers in water colours
1818 [i.e. 1817]
31
Dighton, Denis, 1792–1827
Progressive studies in cattle
May, 1820
32
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
An introduction to perspective, drawing, and painting
1815
33
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The principles of design
1777
34
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
35
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1820
36
Murray, Henry, F.S.A.
The art of painting and drawing in coloured crayons
[between 1906 and 1916]
37
The artist's vade-mecum
1776 [i.e. 177-?]
38
Hamilton, George, writer on art
The elements of drawing, for the use of students
1812
39
Bowles's new preceptor in drawing ..
[ca. 1799]
40
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
[1698]
41
Lamy, Bernard, 1640–1715
Perspective made easie, or, The art of representing all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all scituations
MDCCX [1710]
42
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[177-?]
43
Troili, Giulio, 1613–1685
Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiua senza saperla
1683
44
Chalon, Henry Bernard, 1770–1849
Chalon's drawing book of animals and birds of every description
[1822?]
45
Cox, David, 1783–1859
A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours
1812
46
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1815
47
The compleat drawing-book
1757
48
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Elements for drawing
1792
49
The young colorist
[ca. 1880]
50
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Process of sketching a landscape
1801
51
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
The art of drawing in perspective made easy
1775
52
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Footsteps to drawing, according to the rules of perspective
1816
53
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Rules for drawing caricaturas
1789
54
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Principles and practice of sketching landscape scenery from nature
1820
55
The art of landscape drawing made easy
[1794]
56
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Hassell's drawing magazine ..
1808-1811
57
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape
1800
58
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1668
59
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Rudiments of landscape in progressive studies
1813
60
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Rules for drawing caricaturas
1788
61
[Landscape views]
1794
62
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
63
Burgess, John Cart, 1798–1863
Useful hints on drawing and painting;
1818
64
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Process of sketching a landscape
1805
65
Six well known views near London
1794
66
The art of drawing in perspective
1777
67
Milbourne, Henry, 1781–ca. 1826
Studies of cows from life
[1805]
68
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1688
69
Introduction to drawing ships
[1788]
70
Munn, Paul Sandby, 1773–1845
Progressive lessons
1810
71
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints
1660
72
Varley, John, 1778–1842
Precepts of landscape drawing, exemplified in fifteen views
1818]
73
Artist, pseud., fl. 1780
The principles of drawing ornaments made easy
1780
74
Studies of trees sketched from nature
1800
75
The art of drawing in perspective
1755
76
The Art of drawing and painting in water-colours
1731
77
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting
[1808?]
78
Wells, John, 1757 or 1758–1843
An epitome of perspective
1817]
79
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Etchings of rustic figures
[1815]
80
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
A new drawing book, in the manner of chalk
1819
81
Instructions in the art of drawing and painting
[between 1782 and 1807]
82
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
[Drawing book of trees]
1821.]
83
Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
Flower painting made easy
[1760?]
84
Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844
The practice of drawing and painting landscape from nature, in water colours
1820
85
P. L
The English academy
1672
86
Burn, Robert Scott
The illustrated drawing-book
[18--]
87
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
The principles and practice of sketching landscape scenery from nature
1816
88
Smith, Penelope
Studies of flowers from nature ...
[ca. 1818]
89
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
The progress of a water-coloured drawing
[ca. 1807?]
90
A new drawing-book of out-lines &c. : very proper for the first-practice of all who are willing to excell in that noble-art =
1722
91
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
W.H. Pyne on rustic figures
1813
92
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
The progress of a water-coloured drawing
[ca. 1811]
93
Russell, John, 1745–1806
Elements of painting with crayons
MDCCLXXII [1772]
94
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Groups of fruit
1819
95
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
A familiar treatise on perspective
1807
96
Orme's New sketch book
[1801?]
97
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?]
98
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Groups of flowers
1819
99
Murray, Henry, F.S.A
The art of painting and drawing in coloured crayons
[187-?]
100
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Marine sketches
1820
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