The new descriptive lesson for carbonic drawing / by Rawson Walker ; carbonic drawing is the only known mode of drawing that can imitate the photographs, calotypes, or sun pictures.

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Walker, John Rawson, 1796-1873, The new descriptive lesson for carbonic drawing , [ca. 1847]

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Creator:: Walker, John Rawson, 1796–1873
Title(s):: The new descriptive lesson for carbonic drawing / by Rawson Walker ; carbonic drawing is the only known mode of drawing that can imitate the photographs, calotypes, or sun pictures.
Published/Created:: [London] : s.n., [ca. 1847].
Physical Description:: 4 p. ; 33 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC730 W34 1847+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3748289
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Carbonic drawing required a prepared paper and carbon charged dabber. It apparently had no chemical or optical qualities as did photography.
Grant, M.H. Dictionary of British landscape painters 670-671
Art Journal. 1850 65
Art Union. 1847 302
BAC: Numbered: No. 3547.
Signed: Rawson Walker.
Subject Terms:: Art -- Technique.
Drawing -- Technique.
Photography -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
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