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1. The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates (one folded) : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.

The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
20 p., 28 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees : with the process of sketching, and painting them in water colours / by Ls. Francia, member of the Liverpool Academy, painter in water colours to H.R.H. the Dutchess of York, and secretary to the Associated Painters in Water Colours.

Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees : with the process of sketching, and painting them in water colours / by Ls. Francia, member of the Liverpool Academy, painter in water colours to H.R.H. the Dutchess of York, and secretary to the Associated Painters in Water Colours.
Creator:
Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
[24] p., 1, [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
[ca. 1801]
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The progress of a water-coloured drawing : wherein is represented to the Learner the various gradation through which a drawing passes from the outline to its finished state : this work, consisting of fourteen tinted lessons, imitative of the original drawings which were made for the purpose of it by John Laporte ...

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
[ca. 1811]
Physical Description:
vii, [22] p., [1], 14 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The progress of a water-coloured drawing : wherein is represented to the reader the various gradation through which a drawing passes : from the outline to the finished state : the intention of this little work is to enable young people, where an eminent Master cannot be had, to cultivate the delightful art of drawing in colours with system and advantage.

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
[ca. 1807?]
Physical Description:
vii, [22] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Rudiments of landscape in progressive studies / drawn and etched in imitation of chalk by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
iv, 26 p., 64 leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 x 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A series of progressive lessons : intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours : with introductory illustrations on perspective.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape / by W.M. Craig ; with illustrative prints, engraved by the author.

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Creator:
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
24 p., VIII leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The student's treasure : a new drawing book, consisting in a variety of etchings and engravings executed by Irish artists, after the following great masters, viz : Angelica, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Wheatly, Vivaries, West, Bertrand, Rowlandson, Stubbs, Zucchi, Mortimer, Howit, Gilray, Boucher, Gainsborough, &c. &c.

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Date:
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:
8, [2] p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The elements of drawing, for the use of students : illustrated by fifty-one engravings, plain and coloured, containing several hundred examples from the works of the greatest masters / by George Hamilton, drawing-master.

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Creator:
Hamilton, George, writer on art
Date:
1812
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts