Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Nicholson, Francis, 1753-1844
Title:
The practice of drawing and painting landscape from nature, in water colours : exemplified in a series of instructions calculated to facilitate the progress of the learner, including the elements of perspective, their application in sketching from nature and the explanation of various processes of colouring, for producing from the outline a finished picture, with observations on the study of nature and various other matters relative to the arts / by Francis Nicholson.
Alternate Title(s):
On drawing landscape
Published / Created:
London : Printed for the author; and published by J. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place, and T. Clay, Ludgate Hill, 1820.
Physical Description:
iv, 91 p., [5] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Spine title, on printed label: On drawing landscape.
Subject Terms:
Landscape drawing -- Technique. | Landscape painting -- Technique. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Watercolor painting -- Technique. | Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Booth, J. -- Publisher. | Clay, T. -- Publisher. | Poulter -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1820. | Lithography -- Specimens -- 1820.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books. | Aquatints -- 1820. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1820.
Contributors:
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851, engraver. | Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844, ill.