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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
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Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
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Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778
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Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
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Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
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Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
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Humble, Stephen
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Lamy, Bernard, 1640–1715
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Laporte, John, 1761–1839
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
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P. L
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Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
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Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Sanderson, William, Sir, 1586?-1676
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Smith, Penelope
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Terry, Garnet
1
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1658
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1898
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Books
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unknown
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18th century
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19th century
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17th century
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Work Type
drawing book
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engraving
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handbooks and manual
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etching
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aquatint
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soft-ground etching
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extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
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manuals (handbooks)
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publisher's advertisement
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publishers advertisement
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stipple engraving
1
wood engraving
1
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.
8
Painting -- Technique.
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Anatomy, Artistic.
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Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Drawing -- Study and teaching.
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Drawing books -- Specimens.
4
Colors.
3
Artists' preparatory studies -- Italy.
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Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.
2
Figure drawing -- Technique.
2
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
2
Head in art.
2
Landscape drawing -- Technique.
2
Landscape drawing, English -- Early works to 1800.
2
Lloyd, H. -- Printer.
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Perspective -- Technique.
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Physiognomy.
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19th century
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18th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
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England
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Italy
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London
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Chron
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Edinburgh
1
Associated People
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
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Raphael, 1483–1520
2
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
1
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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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
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Language
English
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[Drawing book of wild boars]
[ca. 1770?]
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Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
3
Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
4
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1815
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Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1820
6
[Selections from A new book of landskips]
[1776]
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Chubb's drawing book, and artists' assistant
1824
8
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints
1660
9
Humble, Stephen
An introduction to the study of perspective
1831
10
The compleat drawing-book
1757
11
Lamy, Bernard, 1640–1715
Perspective made easie, or, The art of representing all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all scituations
MDCCX [1710]
12
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
[1698]
13
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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Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
Perspective practical, or, A plain and easie method of true and lively representing all things to the eye at a distance, by the exact rules of art ...
1672
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Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
Sciography, or, Examples of shadows
1842
17
P. L
The English academy
1672
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Hood's drawing book
C.I. Hood Co.,
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[Flower groups]
[1798]
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Terry, Garnet
A complete round of cyphers for the use of engravers, painters, sculptors, jewellers, hair workers, enamellers, pattern-drawers, &c.
[1795]
21
Smith, Penelope
Studies of flowers from nature ...
[ca. 1818]
22
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
The progress of a water-coloured drawing
[ca. 1811]
23
A drawing book of landscapes
1810
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A new drawing book engrav'd from the curious designs of that great master M. Poilly
[approximately 1730]
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Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778
Sundry landscapes for learners
1775
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Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting
MDCCLIX [1759]
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Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Rudiments of landscape drawing
1812
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
A treatise on painting
1802
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Sanderson, William, Sir, 1586?-1676
Graphice
1658