Exhibition HistoryThe Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[177-?]
9
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
A method to learn to design the passions
1734
10
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
[1698]
11
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Essays on physiognomy
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
12
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
A collection of landskips, and figures, &c.
January 12, 1773
13
Introduction to drawing ships
[1788]
14
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Remarks on rural scenery
1797
15
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations on the river Wye,
1792
16
Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
Flower painting made easy
[1760?]
17
Orme's Pocket sketch book
[1799]
18
Ditton, Humphry, 1675–1715
A treatise of perspective, demonstrative and practical
1712
19
[Flower groups]
[1798]
20
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801
A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice;
1776
21
Russell, John, 1745–1806
Elements of painting with crayons
MDCCLXXII [1772]
22
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
23
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1688
24
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
Bowles's Passions of the soul
[1800?]
25
Austin, William, 1721–1820
A specimen of sketching landscapes, in a free and masterly manner, with a pen or pencil
1781
26
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
An essay on design
1749
27
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
The museum of arts
1745?]
28
Lens, Bernard, 1682–1740
For the curious young gentlemen and ladies that study and practice the commendable art of drawing, colouring, etc.
1751
29
A new drawing book of heads, from Castiglione
[176-?]
30
The florist
[ca. 1760]
31
The student's treasure
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
32
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Lessons for beginners in the fine art
[1796]
33
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
An essay on the theory of painting
1715
34
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
35
Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810
The triumph of painting
[1794]
36
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape
1793
37
Sir, there is a scheme set on foot for erecting a publick academy for the improvement of the arts of painting, sculpture and architecture ..