Yale Center for British Art

Title:
The compleat drawing-master; : containing a curious collection of examples, consisting of parts of the human body, academy figures, and Le Brun's passions of the soul, as they are expressed in the human countenance ...
Published / Created:
London : Printed for R. Sayer, 1766.
Physical Description:
8 p., 105 leaves of plates on 85 leaves : 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:579632
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates by W. Hollar, G. Bickham, H. Roberts, H. Stevens, Wm. Austin P. Sandby, J. June, and Viveres; after Petrus van Avont, Barlow, J. E. Ridinger, Lens, P. Sandby, J. June, and Vivares.
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:
Sayer, R. -- Publisher. | Overton, Hen. -- Publisher. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1766. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1766.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books.
Contributors:
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794. | Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690. | Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677. | Bickham, G. | Roberts, Henry, approximately 1710–approximately 1790. | Stevens, H. | Austin, William, 1721–1820. | Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809. | June, John. | Vivarès, Thomas, approximately 1735–approximately 1810 | Barlow. | Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698–1767. | Latino Education Network Service.