Practical illustration of Gilpin's day : representing the various effects on landscape scenery from morning till night, in thirty designs from nature / by the Rev. Wm. Gilpin ... ; with instructions in, and explanation of, the improved method of colouring, and painting in water colours, by John Heaviside Clark ...

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Gilpin, William, 1724-1804, Practical illustration of Gilpin's day , 1811

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Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Title(s):: Practical illustration of Gilpin's day : representing the various effects on landscape scenery from morning till night, in thirty designs from nature / by the Rev. Wm. Gilpin ... ; with instructions in, and explanation of, the improved method of colouring, and painting in water colours, by John Heaviside Clark ...
Additional Title(s):: Clark on Gilpin, and water colour painting
Published/Created:: London : Published by Edward Orme, printseller to His Majesty, engraver and publisher, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, 1811.
Physical Description:: [6], vi, [31] p., 30 leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND2240 .G55 1811+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND2240 .G55 1811+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND2240 .G55 1811+ Copy 3 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3283624
Classification:: Books
Notes:: With an added engraved title page: Clark on Gilpin, and water colour painting, 1811.
Each plate accompanied by a page of letterpress instructions.
Bermingham, A. Learning to draw, p. 119
Bicknell, P. Gilpin to Ruskin, 9
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 109
BAC: British Art Center has 3 copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Stamp in black ink on verso of t.p.: D. Granville. Copy 2 bound in marbled boards. Lacks added engraved title page. Copy 3 bound in illustrated boards.
Subject Terms:: Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Drawing -- Technique.
Granville, D. -- Stamp.
Hayes, J. -- Printer.
Landscape painting -- Technique.
Orme, Edward -- Publisher.
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
Form/Genre:: Drawing books.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1811.
Contributors:: Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863, engraver.
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