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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
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Camper, Petrus, 1722–1789
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Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774
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Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
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Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
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Malton, James, d. 1803
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Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
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Ripa, Cesare, 1560–1645
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
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18th century
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19th century
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17th century
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drawing book
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handbooks and manual
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engraving
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etching
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annotations (provenance)
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aquatint
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emblem book
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soft-ground etching
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Engraving -- Specimens -- 1752.
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Anatomy, Artistic -- Early works to 1800.
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Anatomy, Artistic.
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Architecture -- China -- Early works to 1800.
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Architecture, Chinese -- Early works to 1800.
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Barfield, J. -- Printer.
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Bowles, Thomas -- Printer.
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Brent Ely Library -- Bookplate.
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Carpenter & Co. -- Publisher.
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China -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.
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Composition (Art) -- Early works to 1800.
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
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Dilly, C. -- Publisher.
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Drawing books -- Specimens.
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Emblems -- Early works to 1800.
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Engraving -- Specimens -- 1766.
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
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English
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
The anatomy of the horse
1766
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Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The art of dravving vvith the pen,
1607
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Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774
Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy,
1754
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Camper, Petrus, 1722–1789
The works of the late Professor Camper
1794
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Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art of drawing, and working the ornamental parts of architecture
1740
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The compleat drawing-master;
1766
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Malton, James, d. 1803
The young painter's maulstick
1800
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Ripa, Cesare, 1560–1645
Iconologia, or, Moral emblems
MDCCIX [1709]
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Chinese landskips
[ca. 1752?]
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[ca. 1801]
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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]