Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825, Camera, or, art of drawing in water colours , 1823
- Title(s):
- Camera, or, art of drawing in water colours : with instructions for sketching from nature : comprising the whole process of water-colored drawing : familiarly exemplified in drawing, shadowing, and tinting a complete landscape, in all its progressive states : and directions for compounding and using colours, sepia, indian ink, bister, &c / by J. Hassell.
- Additional Title(s):
Camera.
Art of drawing in water colours.- Published/Created:
- London : Printed by James Drury, 70, Fleet Street, for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall ..., 1823.
- Physical Description:
- iv, [5]-32 p., [3] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsND2420 H37 1823 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsND2420 H37 1823 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsND2420 H37 1823 Copy 3Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3335961
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Gilpin to Ruskin / exhibition selected and catalogued by Peter Bicknell .... London, 1987. 34.
'The Camera' is a revised edition of the 'Speculum' of 1806 with three similar folding plates. Cf. Bicknell.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 142
BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy, bound in green publisher's cloth. Plate 3 disbound, inserted at end. Copy 2 is bound in original boards, as issued. Copy 3 is bound in original boards, as issued. Plate 1 disbound, inserted at end.
Illustrations by and after John Hassell.
Includes frontispiece. - Subject Terms:
- Drury, James -- Printer.Etching -- Specimens -- 1823.Landscape painting -- 19th century -- Great Britain.Landscape painting -- Technique.Marshall, R. -- Publisher.Simpkin, W. -- Printer.Watercolor painting -- 19th century -- Great Britain.Watercolor painting -- Technique.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- 1823.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1823. - Export:
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