Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Penley, Aaron, 1807-1870
Title:
Sketching from nature in water-colours / by Aaron Penley, author of "The English school of painting in water-colours," "Elements of perspective," "A system of painting in water-colours," etc. etc. ; with illustrations in chromo-lithography after original water-colour drawings.
Published / Created:
London ; Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1875]

Paris ; Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1875]

& New York : Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1875]
Physical Description:
[2], 36 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With an added chromolithographed title page.
Contents:
On colours, paper, and brushes -- Group of fir trees, drawn from nature -- On Loch Lomond -- Glenfinlas -- The first peep of Grasmere, from the Keswick Road -- At Luss on Loch Lomond -- Hut at Gorphwysfa, North Wales -- Crummock Water in Cumberland [2] -- A spur of Ben Lomond [2] -- A study of stones on the north side of Taliaris, near Llandilo, South Wales -- Study of a group of oak trees near Eltham, Kent -- Scene between Capel Curig and Llyn Ogwen, at the head of Nant Frangon, N.W.
Subject Terms:
Drawing books -- Specimens. | Landscape painting -- Technique. | Watercolor painting -- Technique. | Artists' materials. | Color. | Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. -- Publisher | Newland, Gordon -- Bookplate. | Carroll, Elizabeth -- Provenance. | VR -- Binding.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- 1875. | Chromolithographs -- 1875. | Drawing books -- England -- London -- 1875.
Contributors:
Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870, ill.