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Rare Books and Manuscripts
185
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Laporte, John, 1761–1839
8
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
7
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
6
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
5
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
3
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
3
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
3
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
3
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
3
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
2
Cox, David, 1783–1859
2
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
2
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
2
Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
2
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
2
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
2
Malton, James, d. 1803
2
Orme, William, active 1797–1819
2
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
2
Perkins, Elizabeth Steele
2
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
185
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Under Certain Circumstances
162
Free to Use
23
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Unavailable
162
Available
23
Classification
Books
175
Archives & Manuscripts
3
Prints
2
Articles & Chapters
1
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
1
Creator Gender
unknown
185
Period
19th century
107
18th century
62
17th century
14
16th century
1
20th century
1
Work Type
drawing book
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185
handbooks and manual
73
soft-ground etching
47
engraving
26
aquatint
24
etching
15
lithograph
11
wood engraving
10
stipple engraving
8
publisher's advertisement
5
chromolithograph
3
armorial bookplates (provenance)
2
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
2
graphite drawing
2
ink drawing
2
lithotint
2
artists' tool
1
blackboard slate
1
correspondence
1
lihography
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Drawing -- Technique.
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185
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
152
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
48
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
47
Painting -- Technique.
27
Landscape drawing -- Technique.
25
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
23
Drawing books -- Specimens.
20
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
14
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
13
Anatomy, Artistic.
10
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
10
Perspective -- Technique.
9
Landscape painting -- Technique.
8
Human figure in art.
7
Figure drawing -- Technique.
6
Landscape drawing.
6
Perspective -- Early works to 1800.
6
Perspective.
6
Botanical illustration.
5
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19th century
19
18th century
4
17th century
1
19h century
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
32
England
10
London
5
Edinburgh
3
Brighton
1
Chron
1
Dublin
1
Dublin (Ireland)
1
Gloucester (England)
1
Ireland
1
Italy
1
London (England)
1
Rome
1
Shrewsbury
1
West Country (England)
1
Worcestershire (England)
1
Associated People
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
4
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
1
Osborn, William
1
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
1
Raphael, 1483–1520
1
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
1
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
1
Robertson, Emily
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)
22
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
2
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
1
Language
English
181
French
1
German
1
Italian
1
Russian
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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
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
3
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822
A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature
[1807?]
4
Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees
1813
5
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching
1675
6
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,
1647
7
The artist's vade mecum
1786
8
Fairland, Thomas, 1804–1852
Juliens' New progressive drawing book of the human figure
[18--]
9
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
The beauties & defects in the figure of the horse
[1816]
10
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The art of dravving vvith the pen,
1607
11
The art of drawing without a master
[1768]
12
The principles of drawing and painting
1811
13
Rodler, Hieronymus
Perspectiua
1546
14
Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836
A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure
1796
15
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
1786
16
Six progressive lessons for flower painting
January 1, 1802
17
The compleat drawing-book
MDCCLV [1755]
18
Malton, James, d. 1803
The young painter's maulstick
1800
19
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[ca. 1801]
20
The compleat drawing-master;
1766
21
Martin, John, 1789–1854
Characters of trees
1817
22
Rodwell and Martin's Lithographic drawing book for students
[1821]
23
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]
24
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
25
The art of drawing in perspective
1786
26
Rudiments of drawing, shadowing, and colouring flowers in water colours
1818 [i.e. 1817]
27
Stanley, Montague, 1809–1844
M. Stanley's drawing book
[1841?]
28
Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
29
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1668
30
[Drawing book of wild boars]
[ca. 1770?]
31
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
W.H. Pyne on rustic figures
1817
32
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape
1800
33
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
34
[Landscape views]
1794
35
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1820
36
Steeley, Frank
Bacon's "Excelsior" drawing cards
[1893?]
37
Troili, Giulio, 1613–1685
Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiua senza saperla
1683
38
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Sketching landscape scenery, part 2nd
not before 1825
39
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
1731
40
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application
[1856]
41
Dighton, Denis, 1792–1827
Progressive studies in cattle
May, 1820
42
Wells, John, 1757 or 1758–1843
An epitome of perspective
1817]
43
Introduction to drawing ships
[1788]
44
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Etchings of rustic figures
[1815]
45
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
A new drawing book, in the manner of chalk
1819
46
Instructions in the art of drawing and painting
[between 1782 and 1807]
47
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1688
48
The artist's vade-mecum
1776 [i.e. 177-?]
49
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808–1889
The American drawing-book
1847
50
Arts companion, or A new assistant for the ingenious,
1749
51
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Lessons on trees
MDCCCL [1850]
52
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
[Drawing book of trees]
1821.]
53
Artist, pseud., fl. 1780
The principles of drawing ornaments made easy
1780
54
Studies of trees sketched from nature
1800
55
Varley, John, 1778–1842
Precepts of landscape drawing, exemplified in fifteen views
1818]
56
Cheesman, Thomas, 1760–
Rudiments of drawing the human figure
[1816]
57
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
Perspective practical, or, A plain and easie method of true and lively representing all things to the eye at a distance, by the exact rules of art ...
1672
58
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?]
59
Picart, Bernard, 1673–1733
A new drawing book of modes
[1733?]
60
A drawing book of landscapes
1810
61
Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844
The practice of drawing and painting landscape from nature, in water colours
1820
62
Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
Flower painting made easy
[1760?]
63
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Process of sketching a landscape
1805
64
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The principles of design
1777
65
Murray, Henry, F.S.A.
The art of painting and drawing in coloured crayons
[between 1906 and 1916]
66
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Rudiments of landscape in progressive studies
1813
67
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Footsteps to drawing, according to the rules of perspective
1816
68
Cox, David, 1783–1859
A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours
1812
69
Miles, Leonidas Clint
A guide to sketching from nature in water colours
1868
70
The art of landscape drawing made easy
[1794]
71
The Art of drawing and painting in water-colours
1731
72
Steeley, Frank
Bacon's Excelsior first grade drawing cards
[1893?]
73
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Process of sketching a landscape
1801
74
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
The art of drawing in perspective made easy
1775
75
The compleat drawing-book
1757
76
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Principles and practice of sketching landscape scenery from nature
1820
77
Six well known views near London
1794
78
Milbourne, Henry, 1781–ca. 1826
Studies of cows from life
[1805]
79
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1815
80
Shepherd, Charles C
Shepherd's portable slate desk
[1877?]
81
Hamilton, George, writer on art
The elements of drawing, for the use of students
1812
82
Bowles's new preceptor in drawing ..
[ca. 1799]
83
Lock, Matthias, approximately 1710–1765
A new book of foliage
1769
84
The young colorist
[ca. 1880]
85
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Hassell's drawing magazine ..
1808-1811
86
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
[1698]
87
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[177-?]
88
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]
89
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints
1660
90
Munn, Paul Sandby, 1773–1845
Progressive lessons
1810
91
Principles of perspective
1812
92
Chalon, Henry Bernard, 1770–1849
Chalon's drawing book of animals and birds of every description
[1822?]
93
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Elementary art, or, The use of the lead pencil advocated and explained
MDCCCXXXIV[1834]
94
Lucas, Ralph Willett, 1796–1874
The art of sketching flowers from nature
1853
95
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
96
Chubb's drawing book, and artists' assistant
1824
97
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Elements for drawing
1792
98
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sketches of cattle
[1819]
99
P. L
The English academy
1672
100
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Groups of flowers
1819
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