Exhibition HistoryThe Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Design for 'the Houses of both sides of the intended Street to extend in a right line from the Mansion-House to More-Gate humbly proposed to consideration'
1762
5
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Aspis cornutus (Horned Viper or Cerastes)
1765-1773
6
Joseph Goupy, 1689–1769
Death of Ananias
1740
7
Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
The St. Aubyn Family
1787
8
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower): finished drawing of flowering plant
1765-1773
9
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Sphyrna zygaena (Hammer-headed Shark)
1765-1773
10
John Yenn, 1750–1821
Design for Wall Decoration
ca. 1800
11
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
The Memorial of Lord Darnley
1728
12
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Classical Landscape
1717
13
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
14
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Essays on physiognomy
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
15
The florist
[ca. 1760]
16
Hipwell, John
The elements of navigation
1759
17
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Bowles's polite recreation in drawing
[1779]
18
A new drawing-book of out-lines &c. : very proper for the first-practice of all who are willing to excell in that noble-art =
1722
19
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The principles of drawing, or, An easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art
MDCCLII [1752]
20
Langton, John, active 1700–1727
A new copy-book of the small Italian hand
[1727?]
21
Austin, William, 1721–1820
A specimen of sketching landscapes, in a free and masterly manner, with a pen or pencil
1781
22
Lens, Bernard, 1682–1740
For the curious young gentlemen and ladies that study and practice the commendable art of drawing, colouring, etc.
1751
23
Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
Flower painting made easy
[1760?]
24
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape
1793
25
Sir, there is a scheme set on foot for erecting a publick academy for the improvement of the arts of painting, sculpture and architecture ..
1753
26
Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810
The triumph of painting
[1794]
27
[Flower groups]
[1798]
28
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Lessons for beginners in the fine art
[1796]
29
The student's treasure
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
30
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
Bowles's Passions of the soul
[1800?]
31
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[177-?]
32
The artist's vade mecum
1766
33
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Rules for drawing caricaturas
1788
34
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
A method to learn to design the passions
1734
35
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
The practice of perspective
1743
36
Junius, Franciscus, 1589–1677
The painting of the ancients, in three bookes: declaring by historicall observations and examples, the beginning, progresse, and consvmmation of that most noble art. And how those ancient artificers attained to their still so much admired excellencie
1638
37
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations on the river Wye,
1792
38
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
Perspective practical
1698
39
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1688
40
Ditton, Humphry, 1675–1715
A treatise of perspective, demonstrative and practical
1712
41
A new drawing book of heads, from Castiglione
[176-?]
42
Orme's Pocket sketch book
[1799]
43
A curious collection of beasts, horses, and birds
[ca. 1750]
44
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
[1698]
45
The principles of drawing, design, and engraving;
1800
46
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
47
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801
A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice;