The principles of drawing and painting , 1811
- Title(s):
- 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.
- Published/Created:
- Edinburgh : Printed by A. and J. Aikman, for Adam Black, no. 57, South Bridge, and J. & J. Robertson, High Street, Edinburgh, and T. Underwood, London, 1811.
- Physical Description:
- 20 p., 28 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsNC950 P75 1811+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3439253
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Stipple engravings probably by Edward Mitchell.
Plates 27 and 28 are stipple engraved and printed in color. Plate 28 signed: P. Syme.
BAC: British Art Center copy in printed wrappers. - Subject Terms:
- Aikman, A. and J. -- Printer.Black, A. -- Publisher.Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Drawing -- Technique.Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Imprints -- 1811.Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Painting -- Technique.
- Form/Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
Drawing books.
Soft-ground etchings -- 1811.
Engravings -- 1811.
Etchings -- 1811.
Stipple engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1811. - Export:
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