Exhibition HistoryThe Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower): finished drawing of flowering plant
1765-1773
3
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Aspis cornutus (Horned Viper or Cerastes)
1765-1773
4
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Sphyrna zygaena (Hammer-headed Shark)
1765-1773
5
Stephen Riou, 1720–1780
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
6
George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813
Design for a Chimney Piece
1773
7
Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
The St. Aubyn Family
1787
8
Joseph Goupy, 1689–1769
Death of Ananias
1740
9
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
The Memorial of Lord Darnley
1728
10
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Classical Landscape
1717
11
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
12
Hipwell, John
The elements of navigation
1759
13
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Rules for drawing caricaturas
1788
14
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Essays on physiognomy
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
15
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
A collection of landskips, and figures, &c.
January 12, 1773
16
Introduction to drawing ships
[1788]
17
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations on the river Wye,
1792
18
Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
Flower painting made easy
[1760?]
19
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Remarks on rural scenery
1797
20
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Bowles's polite recreation in drawing
[1779]
21
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[177-?]
22
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
A method to learn to design the passions
1734
23
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
The practice of perspective
1743
24
Orme's Pocket sketch book
[1799]
25
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
An essay on design
1749
26
Austin, William, 1721–1820
A specimen of sketching landscapes, in a free and masterly manner, with a pen or pencil
1781
27
A new drawing book of heads, from Castiglione
[176-?]
28
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Lessons for beginners in the fine art
[1796]
29
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
An essay on the theory of painting
1715
30
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801
A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice;
1776
31
The florist
[ca. 1760]
32
Russell, John, 1745–1806
Elements of painting with crayons
MDCCLXXII [1772]
33
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
The museum of arts
1745?]
34
Lens, Bernard, 1682–1740
For the curious young gentlemen and ladies that study and practice the commendable art of drawing, colouring, etc.
1751
35
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
36
Ditton, Humphry, 1675–1715
A treatise of perspective, demonstrative and practical
1712
37
[Flower groups]
[1798]
38
Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810
The triumph of painting
[1794]
39
The student's treasure
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
40
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape
1793
41
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
42
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
An introduction to the art of drawing,
[17--]
43
A curious collection of beasts, horses, and birds
[ca. 1750]
44
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