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Title(s):
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.
Published/Created:
Dublin [Ireland] : Printed and published for William Allen, map and print seller No. 32, New-Buildings, Dame-Street, MDCCLXXXIX [1789].
Physical Description:
8, [2] p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC660 .S78 1789+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraved vignette on t.p.
"A descriptive sketch. The following lines, taken from the manuscript by Mr. W. P. Carey, (in a collection of his poems now preparing for the Press) are so applicable to our subject and do so much credit to his judgment as an artist, and abilities as a poet, that the publisher is happy in having it in his power to give this extract"-P. [1]-[2].
Final plate possibly not part of work as originally issued.
English short title catalogue, N39964
Subject Terms:
Allen, William. -- Publisher.
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Drawing -- Technique.
Engraving, Irish -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books.
Handbooks and manuals.
Soft-ground etchings -- 1789.
Contributors:
Carey, William, 1759–1839.
Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741–1807.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727–1785
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801
Vivarès, Thomas, approximately 1735–approximately 1810.
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
Bertrand, François, 1756–1805
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Zucchi, Antonio, 1726–1796
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
Boucher, François, 1703–1770
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]


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