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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
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Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
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Austin, William, 1721–1820
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Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
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Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
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Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
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Ditton, Humphry, 1675–1715
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Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
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Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810
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Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
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Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
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Hipwell, John
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
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Langton, John, active 1700–1727
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
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Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
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Lens, Bernard, 1682–1740
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Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801
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Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
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18th century
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drawing book
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handbooks and manual
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engraving
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aquatint
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etching
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copy books (penmanship)
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soft-ground etching
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writing book
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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broadside
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ephemera
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exercise book
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extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
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ink drawing
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map
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nautical chart
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prospectuse
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subscriber's list
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watercolor
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wood engraving
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Subject Terms
Drawing -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Watercolor painting -- Technique.
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Sayer, Robert -- Publisher.
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Animals.
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Botanical illustration -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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Flowers in art -- Early works to 1800.
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Penmanship -- Study and teaching.
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Perspective -- Early works to 1800.
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Sayer, R. -- Publisher.
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Ackermann, R. -- Publisher
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Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800.
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Allen, William. -- Publisher.
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Animals -- Pictorial works.
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Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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Arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Arithmetic -- Study and teaching.
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Art -- Great Britain -- Societies, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
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Art -- Theories -- Early works to 1800.
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Great Britain
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England
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London
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Dublin (Ireland)
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Rome
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Wales
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Wye, River (Wales and England)
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Associated People
Hipwell, John
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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)
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Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
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English
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
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Hipwell, John
The elements of navigation
1759
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Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Rules for drawing caricaturas
1788
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Bowles's polite recreation in drawing
[1779]
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Essays on physiognomy
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
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Introduction to drawing ships
[1788]
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Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
The practice of perspective
1743
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Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Remarks on rural scenery
1797
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[177-?]
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Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
A method to learn to design the passions
1734
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
A collection of landskips, and figures, &c.
January 12, 1773
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Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
Flower painting made easy
[1760?]
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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations on the river Wye,
1792
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Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
An essay on design
1749
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Austin, William, 1721–1820
A specimen of sketching landscapes, in a free and masterly manner, with a pen or pencil
1781
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Ditton, Humphry, 1675–1715
A treatise of perspective, demonstrative and practical
1712
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[Flower groups]
[1798]
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The florist
[ca. 1760]
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Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
The museum of arts
1745?]
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Lens, Bernard, 1682–1740
For the curious young gentlemen and ladies that study and practice the commendable art of drawing, colouring, etc.
1751
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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
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Russell, John, 1745–1806
Elements of painting with crayons
MDCCLXXII [1772]
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A new drawing book of heads, from Castiglione
[176-?]
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Orme's Pocket sketch book
[1799]
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Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801
A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice;
1776
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Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810
The triumph of painting
[1794]
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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
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The student's treasure
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
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Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape
1793
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Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Lessons for beginners in the fine art
[1796]
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Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
An essay on the theory of painting
1715
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Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
An introduction to the art of drawing,
[17--]
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A curious collection of beasts, horses, and birds
[ca. 1750]
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Langton, John, active 1700–1727
A new copy-book of the small Italian hand
[1727?]
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The artist's vade mecum
1766