Yale Center for British Art

Title:
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.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraved vignette on t.p.
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Subject Terms:
Engraving, Irish -- Early works to 1800. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Allen, William. -- Publisher.
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