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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
4
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
4
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
2
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
2
Artist, pseud., fl. 1780
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Calvert, Frederick, fl. 1811–1844
1
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
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Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778
1
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
1
Green, N. E. (Nathaniel Everett), 1823–1899
1
Hermes, Wilhelm
1
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822
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La Cave, P. (Peter)
1
Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
1
Lock, Matthias, approximately 1710–1765
1
Oram, William, d. 1777
1
Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
1
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
1
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
1
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1876
Unknown
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Under Certain Circumstances
27
Free to Use
2
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Unavailable
27
Available
2
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Books
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Articles & Chapters
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unknown
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Period
19th century
23
18th century
5
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drawing book
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lithograph
10
aquatint
9
handbooks and manual
4
engraving
3
etching
3
publisher's advertisement
3
wood engraving
3
armorial bookplates (provenance)
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chromolithograph
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lithotint
2
soft-ground etching
2
mezzotint
1
miniature books (printing)
1
publishers advertisement
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publishers' advertisement
1
steel engraving
1
watercolors (paintings)
1
Subject Terms
Drawing books -- Specimens.
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Drawing -- Technique.
10
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
7
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
6
Landscape painting -- Technique.
5
Painting -- Technique.
5
Perspective -- Technique.
5
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
5
Landscape painting, English -- 19th century.
4
Painting -- Study and teaching.
4
Shades and shadows.
4
Ackermann & Co. -- Publisher.
3
Landscape painting -- Study and teaching.
3
Adams and Gee -- Printer.
2
Art -- Study and teaching.
2
Color -- Study and teaching.
2
Coombes, Enid -- Pres. inscription from her father.
2
Country life -- Pictorial works.
2
Harrison, L. -- Printer.
2
Landscape drawing -- Study and teaching.
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19th century
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18th century
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England
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London
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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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Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
A book of landskips & buildings pleasant & useful for youth to draw after
[between 1726 and 1736]
2
Oram, William, d. 1777
Precepts and observations on the art of colouring in landscape painting
1810
3
Hermes, Wilhelm
William Hermes album drawing copies
[185-?]
4
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application
[1856]
5
The royal juvenile drawing book
[ca. 1840?]
6
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Sketches at home and abroad
[1830?]
7
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
The youth's new London self-instructing drawing book in colours
[between 1833 and 1840?]
8
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Rudiments of landscape drawing
1812
9
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
What to sketch with, or, Hints on the use of coloured crayons, water colours, oil colours, black and white chalks, black-lead pencil
[1856]
10
La Cave, P. (Peter)
Fores's new chalk drawing-book of studies of trees, landscape, animals, figures, buildings, &c.
[1801]
11
Green, N. E. (Nathaniel Everett), 1823–1899
Practical lessons in watercolour painting
[1865]
12
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778
Sundry landscapes for learners
1775
13
Instructions in the art of drawing and painting
[between 1782 and 1807]
14
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
Subjects after nature
[1836]
15
Artist, pseud., fl. 1780
The principles of drawing ornaments made easy
1780
16
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Elementary art, or, The use of the lead pencil advocated and explained
MDCCCXXXIV[1834]
17
Calvert, Frederick, fl. 1811–1844
The young artists instructor
[1823]
18
Lock, Matthias, approximately 1710–1765
A new book of foliage
1769
19
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
A practical illustration of Gilpin's day
1824
20
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1848
21
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1838
22
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822
Howitt's drawing book of animals
[1820?]
23
Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
Sketching from nature in water-colours
[1875]
24
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Ackermann's new drawing book of light and shadow in imitation of indian ink
1812
25
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
The principles and practice of art
1845
26
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
Copies after nature
[1836]
27
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Lessons for beginners in the fine art
[1796]
28
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
A practical essay on the art of colouring, and painting landscapes in water colours, with ten illustrative engravings
1825
29
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1876