Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Rudiments of drawing, shadowing, and colouring flowers in water colours : contained in thirty-six instructive lessons, illustrated by twenty-nine plates from the outline of a single leaf progressively to the completion of a fine group : intended for beginners and students of this delightful art : with a description of colours used & the method of mixing them.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by H.K. Causton, No. 14, Birchin-Lane, Cornhill : 1818 [i.e. 1817]
Physical Description:
[4], 36 p., [1], 29 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Label on front cover reads: Rudiments of flower drawing in water colours.
Subject Terms:
Causton, H. K. -- Printer. | Testolini, G. -- Publisher. | Botanical illustration. | Flowers in art. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Watercolor painting -- Technique. | Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- 1817. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1817.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1817. | Handbooks and manuals. | Drawing books. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1817.
Contributors:
Testolini, Gaetano, ca. 1760–