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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Field, George, 1777?-1854
4
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
4
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
3
Gartside, Mary
2
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
2
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
1
Benson, William
1
Berns, Roy S., 1954–
1
Bucklow, Spike
1
Cawse, John, 1779–1862
1
Clark, Thomas A
1
Dootson, Kirsty Sinclair
1
Gezamenlijke Verenigingen tot Bevordering van de Vakopleiding in de Grafische Industrie
1
Hardie, George
1
Harley, Rosamond D
1
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
1
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
1
Keyser, Barbara Whitney, 1946–
1
Mansion, L
1
McCracken, Grant David, 1951–
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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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37
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Books
35
Archives & Manuscripts
2
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unknown
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Period
19th century
25
20th century
8
21st century
4
Work Type
lithograph
7
artists' book
2
chromolithograph
2
drawing book
2
history
2
wood engraving
2
aquatint
1
correspondence
1
dictionarie
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dictionary
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engraving
1
manuals (handbooks)
1
screen print
1
terminology
1
textbook
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Color.
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Painting -- Technique.
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Artists' materials.
4
Colors.
4
House painting.
4
Interior decoration.
4
Aesthetics.
3
Botanical illustration.
3
Composition (Art)
3
Drawing books -- Specimens.
3
Landscape painting -- Technique.
3
Pigments.
3
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
3
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
2
Flowers in art.
2
Paint mixing.
2
Painting -- Study and teaching.
2
Watercolor painting.
2
Wilcockson, William -- Printer.
2
Abbott, Anthony, fl. 1838.
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19th century
2
16th century
1
20th century
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Great Britain
6
Edinburgh (Scotland)
2
Dublin (Ireland)
1
England
1
London
1
Associated People
Abbott, Anthony, fl. 1838
1
Lizars, Daniel, d. 1812
1
Taylor, J. W., active 1834–1837
1
Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
2
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
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English
36
Dutch
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Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1844
2
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1847
3
Clark, Thomas A
Dividing the light
1995
4
Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir, 1797–1875
On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste
1858
5
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
Lessons in flower painting.
[1836]
6
Hardie, George
Colour atlas
1997
7
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The principles of harmony and contrast of colours,
1859
8
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
Colour, as a means of art,
1838
9
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
The speculum, or, Art of drawing in water colours
1816
10
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The laws of contrast of colour
1857
11
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Chromatography, or, A treatise on colours and pigments
1835
12
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Field's chromatography
1885
13
Benson, William
Principles of the science of colour
1868 [i. e. 1876]
14
Cawse, John, 1779–1862
The art of painting portraits, landscapes, animals, draperies, satins, &c. in oil colours
1840
15
Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
Sketching from nature in water-colours
[1875]
16
Gartside, Mary
An essay on light and shade,
1805
17
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Chromatography
[ca. 1840]
18
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring
1828
19
Letter to Anthony Abbott on the mixing and use of paint colors
1838 October 4
20
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
The use of a box of colours
1842
21
Mansion, L
Letters upon the art of miniature painting
[1822]
22
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1836
23
Gartside, Mary
An essay on a new theory of colours,
1808
24
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The laws of contrast of colour
1859
25
Ward, James, 1851–1927
Colour harmony and contrast
1912
26
Mr. Taylor's method of coloring
Sept. 1838
27
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
A practical treatise on composition, light and shade, and colour
MDCCCLI [1851]
28
Dootson, Kirsty Sinclair
The rainbow's gravity
2023
29
Berns, Roy S., 1954–
Billmeyer and Saltzman's principles of color technology
c2000
30
McCracken, Grant David, 1951–
Dress colour at the court of Elizabeth I
31
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Chromotography
[1869?]
32
Harley, Rosamond D
Artists' pigments c. 1600-1835
1982
33
Syme, Patrick, 1774–1845
Werner's nomenclature of colours
[2020]
34
Wilcox, Michael, 1942–
The Wilcox guide to the best watercolor paints
c1991
35
Bucklow, Spike
Red
2016
36
Gezamenlijke Verenigingen tot Bevordering van de Vakopleiding in de Grafische Industrie
Kleur en inkt
[1968?]
37
Keyser, Barbara Whitney, 1946–
Victorian chromatics
c1992