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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
2
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
1
Angelo, Michael, 18th cent
1
Barnard, George, 1807–1890
1
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
1
Camper, Petrus, 1722–1789
1
Cox, David, 1783–1859
1
Fairland, Thomas, 1804–1852
1
Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
1
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
1
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
1
Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
1
Malton, James, d. 1803
1
Martin, John, 1789–1854
1
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
1
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822
1
Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836
1
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1837
Unknown
1
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Books
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unknown
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Period
19th century
13
18th century
9
17th century
3
Work Type
drawing book
22
handbooks and manual
16
engraving
7
soft-ground etching
6
etching
3
aquatint
2
stipple engraving
2
children's book
1
juvenile literature
1
lithograph
1
mezzotint
1
publisher's advertisement
1
woodcut
1
Subject Terms
Drawing -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
21
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
7
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
7
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
5
Painting -- Technique.
5
Anatomy, Artistic.
3
Botanical illustration.
3
Drawing books -- Specimens.
3
Flowers in art.
2
Human figure in art.
2
Landscape painting -- Technique.
2
Perspective -- Technique.
2
A. B. -- Pres. insc. to F. J. G. Boehn, 1854.
1
Ackermann and Co. -- Publisher.
1
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
1
Aikman, A. and J. -- Printer.
1
Alps -- Pictorial works.
1
Amusements -- England -- Early works to 1800.
1
Anatomy, Artistic -- Early works to 1800.
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19th century
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England
2
Great Britain
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Alps
1
Italy
1
Switzerland
1
Associated People
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
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)
6
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
2
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
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English
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Sowerby, James, 1757–1822
A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature
[1807?]
2
Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
A book of landskips & buildings pleasant & useful for youth to draw after
[between 1726 and 1736]
3
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
4
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching
1675
5
Cox, David, 1783–1859
The young artist's companion, or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments
1825
6
Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836
A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure
1796
7
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
1786
8
The artist's vade mecum
1786
9
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,
1647
10
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
The beauties & defects in the figure of the horse
[1816]
11
The art of drawing without a master
[1768]
12
Fairland, Thomas, 1804–1852
Juliens' New progressive drawing book of the human figure
[18--]
13
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The art of dravving vvith the pen,
1607
14
Barnard, George, 1807–1890
The Continental drawing book
Jany. 2nd, 1837
15
The compleat drawing-book
MDCCLV [1755]
16
Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees
1813
17
The principles of drawing and painting
1811
18
Six progressive lessons for flower painting
January 1, 1802
19
Camper, Petrus, 1722–1789
The works of the late Professor Camper
1794
20
Angelo, Michael, 18th cent
The drawing school for little masters and misses
1773
21
Rodwell and Martin's Lithographic drawing book for students
[1821]
22
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]
23
Martin, John, 1789–1854
Characters of trees
1817
24
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[ca. 1801]
25
The compleat drawing-master;
1766
26
Malton, James, d. 1803
The young painter's maulstick
1800