Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846
Title:
Lectures on painting and design ... By B. R. Haydon ...
Published / Created:
London, Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844-1846.
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts. (v. 2, port.) illus., plates (partly fold.) 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Errata slip inserted.
Contents:
v. 1.Origin of the art. Anatomy the basis of drawing. The skeleton. The muscles of man and quadruped. Standard figure. Composition. Colour. Ancients and moderns. Invention.--v. 2. Fuzeli. Wilkie. Effect of the societies on taste. A competent tribunal. On fresco. Elgin marbles. Beauty.
Subject Terms:
Painting. | Stormont, M. Scott -- Autograph. | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans -- Publisher. | Manning and Mason -- Printer. | Wilson and Ogilvy -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Lithotints -- 1844-1846. | Wood engravings -- 1844-1846. | Etchings -- 1844-1846.
Contributors:
Leighton, Charles Blair, 1823–1855. | Bromley, W. | Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785–1841. | Faber Birren Collection (Yale University)