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Laporte, John, 1761–1839
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Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
7
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
7
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
7
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
5
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
4
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
4
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
4
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
3
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
3
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
3
Burn, Robert Scott
3
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
3
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
3
Harley, George, 1791–1871
3
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
3
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
3
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
2
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
2
Cox, David, 1783–1859
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232
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1
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unknown
249
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19th century
162
18th century
68
17th century
11
21st century
5
20th century
4
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drawing book
159
handbooks and manual
76
soft-ground etching
45
aquatint
32
engraving
23
lithograph
20
wood engraving
16
etching
15
stipple engraving
8
ink drawing
5
graphite drawing
4
publisher's advertisement
4
chromolithograph
3
lithotint
3
sketchbook
3
wash drawing
3
watercolor
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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correspondence
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Watercolor painting -- Technique.
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Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
46
Drawing books -- Specimens.
40
Painting -- Technique.
40
Landscape drawing -- Technique.
31
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
29
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
25
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
17
Perspective.
17
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
13
Perspective -- Technique.
12
Landscape painting -- Technique.
11
Landscape drawing.
10
Anatomy, Artistic.
9
Drawing -- 19th century -- Great Britain.
9
Perspective -- Early works to 1800.
9
Colors.
7
Figure drawing -- Technique.
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19th century
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18th century
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19h century
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21st century
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Great Britain
44
England
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London
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Edinburgh (Scotland)
4
Edinburgh
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Belfast
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Brighton
1
Brighton (England)
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Chron
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Shrewsbury
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Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
3
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
1
Gabourel, Jean Josué
1
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
1
Hennell, Harriet
1
Le Messurier, A., 1837–1916
1
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
1
Osborn, William
1
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
1
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
1
Raphael, 1483–1520
1
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
1
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
1
Robertson, Emily
1
Shafe, John
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)
21
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Eileen Hogan.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
2
Walker, John Rawson, 1796–1873
The new descriptive lesson for carbonic drawing
[ca. 1847]
3
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]
4
Chalon, Henry Bernard, 1770–1849
Chalon's drawing book of animals and birds of every description
[1822?]
5
Milbourne, Henry, 1781–ca. 1826
Studies of cows from life
[1805]
6
Shepherd, Charles C
Shepherd's portable slate desk
[1877?]
7
[Drawing book of wild boars]
[ca. 1770?]
8
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
J.D. Harding's early drawing-book
1838
9
Studies of trees sketched from nature
1800
10
Lucas, Ralph Willett, 1796–1874
The art of sketching flowers from nature
1853
11
Le Capelain, John, 1814?-1848
John Le Capelain letter to J.J. Gabousel
1841 May 2
12
Artist's sketchbook,
circa 1809?
13
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Perspective explained in a series of dialogues between the author's children George, Ann, Eliza and John
circa 1820
14
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
15
Chubb's drawing book, and artists' assistant
1824
16
Tate, Thomas, 1807–1888
Drawing for schools
1854
17
The young colorist
[ca. 1880]
18
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application
[1856]
19
Miles, Leonidas Clint
A guide to sketching from nature in water colours
1868
20
The art of landscape drawing made easy
[1794]
21
Steeley, Frank
Bacon's "Excelsior" drawing cards
[1893?]
22
Wells, John, 1757 or 1758–1843
An epitome of perspective
1817]
23
Steeley, Frank
Bacon's Excelsior first grade drawing cards
[1893?]
24
Harley, George, 1791–1871
First principles of landscape drawing
1829
25
Murray, Henry, F.S.A.
The art of painting and drawing in coloured crayons
[between 1906 and 1916]
26
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Sketching landscape scenery, part 2nd
not before 1825
27
[Landscape views]
1794
28
Stanley, Montague, 1809–1844
M. Stanley's drawing book
[1841?]
29
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Copper plates used in Pyne's Etchings of rustic figures
1814, April 1-July 1
30
Cobin, A
Short and plain principles of linear perspective, adapted to naval architecture
1794
31
Burgess, J. Howard (James Howard), 1817–1890
Ward's progressive book of landscape drawing
1847
32
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808–1889
The American drawing-book
1847
33
Le Messurier's A.B.C. sketching frame
circa 1900?
34
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
The principles and practice of sketching landscape scenery from nature
1816
35
Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
A drawing book of landscapes
1786
36
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Groups of fruit
1819
37
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
A familiar treatise on perspective
1807
38
Payne, William, active 1776–1809
Book of landscapes after Payne
[1800]
39
Dicksee, J. R. (John Robert), 1817–1905
The school perspective
[1862]
40
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?]
41
A new drawing book engrav'd from the curious designs of that great master M. Poilly
[approximately 1730]
42
Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620–1683
A drawing book of figures and animals from Berghem
[ca. 1790]
43
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
Lessons on drawing, watercolors, and miniatures
1797-1803
44
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Elementary art, or, The use of the lead pencil advocated and explained
1838
45
The florist
[ca. 1760]
46
Quadal, Martin Ferdinand, 1736–1808
A variety of tame & wild animals
May 25, 1793
47
First drawing book
1845
48
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The first booke of drawing & limning
circa 1700?
49
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application
[1856]
50
Perkins, Elizabeth Steele
Elements of drawing and flower painting
1834
51
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Thirty four lessons for drawing the human figure
[ca. 1828]
52
Purcell, Edward, fl. 1812–1831
[Sketchbook, with pen and ink watercolor studies of figures, heads, and rural and classical figures]
[ca. 1829?]
53
La Cave, P. (Peter)
Fores's new chalk drawing-book of studies of trees, landscape, animals, figures, buildings, &c.
[1801]
54
Sherlock, William P., 1775–
Drawing book of landscapes, shipping & animals
1819
55
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
The principles and practice of sketching landscape scenery from nature
1813-[1815]
56
Smith, John, fl. 1673–1680
Short and direct method of painting in water-colours
1730
57
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
The speculum, or, Art of drawing in water colours
1810
58
Taylor, Elias
An easy and familiar treatise on the art of drawing in perspective
1831
59
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
The young artists assistant, or, A familiar introduction to the art of drawing, with instructions for colouring &c.
1810
60
Moriarty, Henrietta Maria
Fifty plates of green-house plants, drawn and coloured from nature
1807
61
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Six birds
1819
62
Harley, George, 1791–1871
First principles of landscape drawing
[1836?]
63
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]
64
Metz, C. M. (Conrad Martin), 1755–1827
Fores's new chalk drawing-book, of heads and academy figures
1795-1799
65
Art of drawing and painting in water-colours
1770
66
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Characters of trees
[1800]
67
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Elementary art, or, The use of the chalk and lead pencil advocated and explained
1846
68
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sketches of cattle
[1819]
69
Instructions in the art of drawing and painting
[between 1782 and 1807]
70
Watt, Alexander George
Landscape & velvet painting
circa 1819?
71
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
72
Gilbert, B. W
A treatise on the art of mezzotinto pencilling
[183-?]
73
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Groups of flowers
1819
74
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
A familiar treatise on perspective,
1810
75
John Bluck, active 1791–1819
[Progressive lessons for drawing landscapes]
[1800]
76
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Thirty four lessons for drawing the human figure
[1828]
77
Rudge, Edward
An introduction to the study of painting
1828
78
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
W.H. Pyne on rustic figures
1813
79
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
The progress of a water-coloured drawing
[ca. 1811]
80
Russell, John, 1745–1806
Elements of painting with crayons
MDCCLXXII [1772]
81
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
The art of drawing in perspective made easy
1778
82
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
The progress of a water-coloured drawing
[ca. 1807?]
83
Smith, Penelope
Studies of flowers from nature ...
[ca. 1818]
84
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Elements of drawing and painting in water colours
1857
85
Arts companion, or A new assistant for the ingenious,
1749
86
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
87
Orme's New sketch book
[1801?]
88
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
Landscape animals
1811
89
Burn, Robert Scott
The illustrated London drawing book ...
1852
90
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Elements of drawing and painting in water colours;
1848
91
The compleat drawing-book
1757
92
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
A method to learn to design the passions
1734
93
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Elements for drawing
1792
94
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Rudiments of landscape in progressive studies
1813
95
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Hints to young practitioners, in the study of landscape painting
96
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
W.H. Pyne on rustic figures
1817
97
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape
1800
98
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Rules for drawing caricaturas
1788
99
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints
1660
100
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Footsteps to drawing, according to the rules of perspective
1816
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