Yale Center for British Art
Title:
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.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3439253
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Stipple engravings probably by Edward Mitchell.
Subject Terms:
Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Painting -- Technique. | Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Black, A. -- Publisher. | Aikman, A. and J. -- Printer. | Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Imprints -- 1811.
Form/Genre:
Handbooks and manuals. | Drawing books. | Soft-ground etchings -- 1811. | Engravings -- 1811. | Etchings -- 1811. | Stipple engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1811.
Contributors:
Mitchell, Edward, fl. 1800–1829, engraver. | Syme, Patrick, 1774–1845, ill.