Exhibition HistoryThe Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
2
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
3
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Essays on physiognomy
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
4
The florist
[ca. 1760]
5
Hipwell, John
The elements of navigation
1759
6
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Bowles's polite recreation in drawing
[1779]
7
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
8
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]
9
Langton, John, active 1700–1727
A new copy-book of the small Italian hand
[1727?]
10
Austin, William, 1721–1820
A specimen of sketching landscapes, in a free and masterly manner, with a pen or pencil
1781
11
Lens, Bernard, 1682–1740
For the curious young gentlemen and ladies that study and practice the commendable art of drawing, colouring, etc.
1751
12
Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
Flower painting made easy
[1760?]
13
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape
1793
14
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
15
Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810
The triumph of painting
[1794]
16
[Flower groups]
[1798]
17
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Lessons for beginners in the fine art
[1796]
18
The student's treasure
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
19
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
Bowles's Passions of the soul
[1800?]
20
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[177-?]
21
The artist's vade mecum
1766
22
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Rules for drawing caricaturas
1788
23
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
A method to learn to design the passions
1734
24
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
The practice of perspective
1743
25
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
26
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations on the river Wye,
1792
27
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
Perspective practical
1698
28
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1688
29
Ditton, Humphry, 1675–1715
A treatise of perspective, demonstrative and practical
1712
30
A new drawing book of heads, from Castiglione
[176-?]
31
Orme's Pocket sketch book
[1799]
32
A curious collection of beasts, horses, and birds
[ca. 1750]
33
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
[1698]
34
The principles of drawing, design, and engraving;
1800
35
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
36
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801
A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice;