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1. The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates (one folded) : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.

The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
20 p., 28 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees : with the process of sketching, and painting them in water colours / by Ls. Francia, member of the Liverpool Academy, painter in water colours to H.R.H. the Dutchess of York, and secretary to the Associated Painters in Water Colours.

Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees : with the process of sketching, and painting them in water colours / by Ls. Francia, member of the Liverpool Academy, painter in water colours to H.R.H. the Dutchess of York, and secretary to the Associated Painters in Water Colours.
Creator:
Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
[24] p., 1, [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
[ca. 1801]
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Chalon's drawing book of animals and birds of every description : studies from nature.

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Creator:
Chalon, Henry Bernard, 1770–1849
Date:
[1822?]
Physical Description:
[16] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 31 x 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Studies of cows from life : forming the first rudiments of sketching cattle from nature / H. M. Milbourne, in. et fec.

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Creator:
Milbourne, Henry, 1781–ca. 1826
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm. x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Studies of trees sketched from nature.

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Date:
1800
Physical Description:
4 prints : soft-ground etchings ; plate marks approximately 21 x 29 cm, on sheets 25 x 40 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The principles and practice of sketching landscape scenery from nature : systematically arranged, and illustrated by numerous examples, from simple and easy subjects, to the more complicated and difficult combinations of objects : in four parts. / by John George Wood, F.S.A., author of Lectures on perspective, delivered at the Royal Institution in the years 1807, 1808, and 1809 ...

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Creator:
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A drawing book of landscapes / by Benj. Green ; drawing master of Christ's Hospital.

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Creator:
Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm. x 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Fores's new chalk drawing-book of studies of trees, landscape, animals, figures, buildings, &c. : from original drawings by Le Cave : a most improving work for students, & well selected.

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Creator:
La Cave, P. (Peter)
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
v. : all ill. ; 29 x 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Drawing book of landscapes, shipping & animals : from designs by Westall, Girtin, Smith, Marlow, Wheatly, Ibbotson, Hill, Anderson / etched by W.P. Sherlock.

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Creator:
Sherlock, William P., 1775–
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
[3] parts, [12] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 30 x 45 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The principles and practice of sketching landscape scenery from nature : systematically arranged, and illustrated by numerous examples, from simple and easy subjects, to the more complicated and difficult combinations of objects : in four parts. / by John George Wood, F.S.A. ...

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Creator:
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Date:
1813-[1815]
Physical Description:
4 pt. (18, 16, 8, 14 p., 16, 16, 16, 16, leaves of plates) : ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Fifty plates of green-house plants, drawn and coloured from nature : with concise descriptions, and rules for their culture. Intended also for the improvement of young ladies in the art of drawing / by Henrietta Maria Moriarty.

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Creator:
Moriarty, Henrietta Maria
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xii p., 50 leaves, [4] p., 50 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Fores's new chalk drawing-book, of heads and academy figures / from original drawings by C.M. Metz ; engraved in exact imitation of chalk.

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Creator:
Metz, C. M. (Conrad Martin), 1755–1827
Date:
1795-1799
Physical Description:
v. : ill. ; 29 x 45 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Characters of trees / drawn and engraved by J. Laporte.

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
6 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 43 x 58 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. W.H. Pyne on rustic figures : in imitation of chalk.

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Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
ii, 36 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 29-33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The progress of a water-coloured drawing : wherein is represented to the Learner the various gradation through which a drawing passes from the outline to its finished state : this work, consisting of fourteen tinted lessons, imitative of the original drawings which were made for the purpose of it by John Laporte ...

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
[ca. 1811]
Physical Description:
vii, [22] p., [1], 14 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The progress of a water-coloured drawing : wherein is represented to the reader the various gradation through which a drawing passes : from the outline to the finished state : the intention of this little work is to enable young people, where an eminent Master cannot be had, to cultivate the delightful art of drawing in colours with system and advantage.

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
[ca. 1807?]
Physical Description:
vii, [22] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Rudiments of landscape in progressive studies / drawn and etched in imitation of chalk by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
iv, 26 p., 64 leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 x 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. W.H. Pyne on rustic figures : in imitation of chalk.

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Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
ii p., 36 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Footsteps to drawing, according to the rules of perspective : explained in familiar dialogues, for the use of children and young persons, and illustrated by a series of progressive lessons in twenty plates of examples, calculated to combine a knowledge of perspective with the practice of drawing, and to lead the beginner imperceptibly to an acquaintance with the principal rules of that useful art. / by John George Wood, F.S.A., lecturer on perspective, &c.

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Creator:
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
[4], 12 p., 20 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. William Orme's Rudiments of landscape drawing, and perspective / dedicated to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts &c. &c.

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Creator:
Orme, William, active 1797–1819
Date:
[1802]
Physical Description:
[2], [19], [2], 3 leaves : chiefly ill. ; 33 x 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A series of easy lessons in landscape drawing : contained in forty plates, arranged progressively from the first principles in the chalk manner to the finished landscape colours / by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
4 p., 40 leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Easy lessons in landscape drawing : contained in forty plates, arranged progressively, from the first principles in the chalk manner to the finished landscape colours / by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
[1819]
Physical Description:
40 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A new drawing book, in the manner of chalk : containing twelve views in the west of England as follows : Glastonbury, Tavistock, ditto, Lynmouth, Exmouth, East-Bourne, Ide, ditto, Chagford, Exeter, Pennycross, Dartmoor / drawn and engraved by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
[12] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 26 x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Of the characters of trees / drawn and engraved by J. Laport.

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
1795-1798
Physical Description:
6 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 39 x 53 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape / by W.M. Craig ; with illustrative prints, engraved by the author.

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Creator:
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
24 p., VIII leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. The student's treasure : a new drawing book, consisting in a variety of etchings and engravings executed by Irish artists, after the following great masters, viz : Angelica, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Wheatly, Vivaries, West, Bertrand, Rowlandson, Stubbs, Zucchi, Mortimer, Howit, Gilray, Boucher, Gainsborough, &c. &c.

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Date:
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:
8, [2] p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Progressive lessons in drawings / by J. Powell, No. 14 Allsops buildings, New Road, Marylebone.

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Creator:
Powell, Joseph, 1780–1834
Date:
1820-1821
Physical Description:
3 volumes : all illustrations ; 23 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Studies from nature : arranged as progressive lessons for instruction in the art of drawing landscape / drawn and engraved by William Orme.

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Creator:
Orme, William, active 1797–1819
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
[22] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. The elements of drawing, for the use of students : illustrated by fifty-one engravings, plain and coloured, containing several hundred examples from the works of the greatest masters / by George Hamilton, drawing-master.

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Creator:
Hamilton, George, writer on art
Date:
1812
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Process of sketching a landscape.

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : all ill. ; 34 x 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Process of sketching a landscape.

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
1801
Physical Description:
[8] leaves : all ill. ; 38 x 54 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Two essays : one on the author's mode of executing rough sketches : the other on the principles on which they are composed : to these are added three plates of figures by Sawrey Gilpin ... / by William Gilpin.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
43 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth : being an elementary introduction to the fine arts ... / by Charles Taylor ; illustrated by thirty three engravings.

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Creator:
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
16 p., [33] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Progressive lessons / P. S. M.

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Creator:
Munn, Paul Sandby, 1773–1845
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
4 leaves of plates. : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm. x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth : being an elementary introduction to the fine arts ... / by Charles Taylor ; illustrated by thirty three engravings.

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Creator:
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
16 p., [33] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. [Drawing book of trees]

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
1821.]
Physical Description:
[32] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. A drawing book of landscapes / by Benj. N. Green ; drawing master of Christ's Hospital.

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Creator:
Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm. x 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Progressive fragments : drawn and etched in a broad and simple manner : with a comprehensive explanation of the principles of perspective for the use of young students in landscape-drawing / by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[2], 2 p., 24 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Bits for beginners / by Samuel Prout ; 21 plates with 100 studies of rustic scenery, picturesque old houses, cottages, ruins, castles, churches, porches, archways, bridges, waterfalls, etc.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[2] p., 24 leaves : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts