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1. Ornamental groups, descriptive of flowers, birds, shells, fruit, insects, &c. and illustrative of a new theory of colouring, from designs and paintings by M. Gartside. The whole engraved and coloured under her immediate inspection ...

Ornamental groups, descriptive of flowers, birds, shells, fruit, insects, &c. and illustrative of a new theory of colouring, from designs and paintings by M. Gartside. The whole engraved and coloured under her immediate inspection ...
Creator:
Gartside, Mary
Date:
1808 [that is, 1811?]
Physical Description:
[4], 44 pages, [18] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 57 x 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The art of painting, in all its branches, methodically demonstrated by discourses and plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters; and their perfections and oversights laid open. By Gérard de Lairesse. Translated by John Frederick Fritsch ...

The art of painting, in all its branches, methodically demonstrated by discourses and plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters; and their perfections and oversights laid open. By Gérard de Lairesse. Translated by John Frederick Fritsch ...
Creator:
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Date:
1738
Physical Description:
1 p.., iv, [10] 654 p. front., LXXI plates (part. fold.) 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The sketcher's manual, or, The whole art of picture making reduced to the simplest principles : by which amateurs may instruct themselves without the aid of a master / by Frank Howard.

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Creator:
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
xvi, 79, [1] p., [28] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The principles of design : for the curious young gentleman and ladies, who study and practice the noble and commendable art of drawing, colouring and japanning : or a new and complete drawing book consisting of [a] variety of whole figures in divers positions, and all the several parts of the human body from head to foot, &c. in fifty copper-plates, neatly engraved: designed chiefly for young beginners, very necessary and useful for all drawing-schools, boarding-schools, &c. ; to which is prefixed An introduction to drawing ... / translated from the French of Monsieur Gerrard de Lairesse.

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Creator:
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Date:
1777
Physical Description:
58 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 13 x 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A practical treatise on painting : in three parts : consisting of hints on composition, chiaroscuro, and colouring : the whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools/ by John Burnet.

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[8], 22; vi, [2], 45, [1], [3], viii-ix, [3], 64 p., 9, 8, 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Practical hints on composition in painting : illustrated by examples from the great masters of the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch schools / by John Burnet.

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
[1], 31 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The sketcher's manual; or, The whole art of picture making reduced to the simplest principles. By which amateurs may instruct themselves without the aid of a master. By Frank Howard ...

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Creator:
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
Date:
1837 [i.e., 1841]
Physical Description:
xvi, 79, [1] p. ill., 28 plates. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Practical hints on composition in painting. Illustrated by examples from the great masters of the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch schools. By John Burnet ...

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
4 p. ., [7]-31 p. 9 plates. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. An essay on light and shade, on colours, and on composition in general; by M. Gartside ...

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Creator:
Gartside, Mary
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 p.., 43, [4] p. 11 plates (part col.) 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A practical treatise on composition, light and shade, and colour / by Harry Willson ; author of Fugitive sketches in Rome, Venice, &c.

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Creator:
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
Date:
MDCCCLI [1851]
Physical Description:
81 p., [1], [xi] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Practical hints on composition in painting : illustrated by examples from the great masters of the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch schools / by John Burnet ...

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
31 p., 9 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Rowlandson's world in miniature : consisting of groups of figures for the illustration of landscape scenery / drawn and etched by T. Rowlandson.

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Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
[40] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The world in miniature : consisting of groups of figures, for the illustration of landscape-scenery / drawn and etched by T. Rowlandson.

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Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[40] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A practical treatise on painting : in three parts : consisting of hints on composition, chiaroscuro, and colouring : the whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools / by John Burnet.

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1830
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. An essay on a new theory of colours, and on composition in general; illustrated by coloured blots shewing the application of the theory to composition of flowers, landscapes, figures, &c. In three parts, by M. Gartside, part I.

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Creator:
Gartside, Mary
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
62 p. 9 col. plates. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Artistic and picturesque groups for the embellishment of landscape : in a series of about one thousand subjects : comprising the most interesting accessories to rural and domestic scenery; shipping and craft; rural sports, pastimes and occupations; naval, military and civil employments; implements of trade, commerce and agriculture; etc. : the whole forming an excyclopaedia of illustration of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c., of Great Britain / accurately drawn from nature, and etched by W.H. Pyne ; and aquatinted by J. Hill.

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

17. The problem of form in painting and sculpture, by Adolf Hildebrand; translated and revised with the author's co-operation by Max Meyer ... and Robert Morris Ogden ... With thirty illustrations and a portrait of the author.

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Creator:
Hildebrand, Adolf von, 1847–1921
Date:
1907
Physical Description:
141 p. incl. front. (port.) illus. 20 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

18. Scale in contemporary sculpture : enlargement, miniaturisation and the life-size / Rachel Wells.

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Creator:
Wells, Rachel
Date:
2013, ©2013
Physical Description:
xv, 203 pages, [60] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

19. Raumprobleme des Ganzfigurenporträts in England von 1600 bis 1640 / Hiltrud Schinzel.

Raumprobleme des Ganzfigurenporträts in England von 1600 bis 1640 / Hiltrud Schinzel.
Creator:
Schinzel, Hiltrud
Date:
1980
Physical Description:
397 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

20. The science of art : optical themes in western art from Brunelleschi to Seurat / Martin Kemp.

The science of art : optical themes in western art from Brunelleschi to Seurat / Martin Kemp.
Creator:
Kemp, Martin
Date:
1990
Physical Description:
viii, 375 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library