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Laporte, John, 1761–1839
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Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
7
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
7
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
7
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
5
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
4
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
4
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
4
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
3
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
3
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
3
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
3
Burn, Robert Scott
3
Cox, David, 1783–1859
3
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
3
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
3
Harley, George, 1791–1871
3
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
3
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
3
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
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Books
258
Archives & Manuscripts
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Three-Dimensional Artifacts
3
Prints
2
Articles & Chapters
1
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unknown
276
Period
19th century
178
18th century
79
17th century
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20th century
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16th century
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drawing book
185
handbooks and manual
97
soft-ground etching
51
aquatint
34
engraving
30
lithograph
23
etching
18
wood engraving
18
stipple engraving
10
ink drawing
5
publisher's advertisement
5
graphite drawing
4
chromolithograph
3
lithotint
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sketchbook
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wash drawing
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watercolor
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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correspondence
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Watercolor painting -- Technique.
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Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Painting -- Technique.
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Drawing books -- Specimens.
44
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
32
Landscape drawing -- Technique.
32
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
31
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
18
Perspective.
18
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
14
Perspective -- Technique.
14
Landscape painting -- Technique.
13
Anatomy, Artistic.
12
Landscape drawing.
10
Perspective -- Early works to 1800.
10
Drawing -- 19th century -- Great Britain.
9
Colors.
7
Figure drawing -- Technique.
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18th century
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17th century
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19h century
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Great Britain
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England
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London
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Edinburgh (Scotland)
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Edinburgh
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Italy
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Alps
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Belfast
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Brighton
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Chron
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Coventry (England)
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Dublin
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Dublin (Ireland)
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France
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Ireland
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London (England)
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Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
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Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
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Gabourel, Jean Josué
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Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
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Hennell, Harriet
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Le Messurier, A., 1837–1916
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
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Osborn, William
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Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
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Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
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Raphael, 1483–1520
1
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
1
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
1
Robertson, Emily
1
Shafe, John
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)
27
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
2
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
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English
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French
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German
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Italian
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Russian
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Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
A book of landskips & buildings pleasant & useful for youth to draw after
[between 1726 and 1736]
2
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822
A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature
[1807?]
3
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
4
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,
1647
5
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
1786
6
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
The beauties & defects in the figure of the horse
[1816]
7
Cox, David, 1783–1859
The young artist's companion, or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments
1825
8
Rodler, Hieronymus
Perspectiua
1546
9
Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836
A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure
1796
10
The artist's vade mecum
1786
11
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching
1675
12
The art of drawing without a master
[1768]
13
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The art of dravving vvith the pen,
1607
14
The principles of drawing and painting
1811
15
Barnard, George, 1807–1890
The Continental drawing book
Jany. 2nd, 1837
16
Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees
1813
17
Angelo, Michael, 18th cent
The drawing school for little masters and misses
1773
18
The compleat drawing-book
MDCCLV [1755]
19
Fairland, Thomas, 1804–1852
Juliens' New progressive drawing book of the human figure
[18--]
20
Six progressive lessons for flower painting
January 1, 1802
21
Camper, Petrus, 1722–1789
The works of the late Professor Camper
1794
22
The compleat drawing-master;
1766
23
Malton, James, d. 1803
The young painter's maulstick
1800
24
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[ca. 1801]
25
Martin, John, 1789–1854
Characters of trees
1817
26
Rodwell and Martin's Lithographic drawing book for students
[1821]
27
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]
28
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
29
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1820
30
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
31
Murray, Henry, F.S.A.
The art of painting and drawing in coloured crayons
[between 1906 and 1916]
32
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Rules for drawing caricaturas
1788
33
Walker, John Rawson, 1796–1873
The new descriptive lesson for carbonic drawing
[ca. 1847]
34
[Landscape views]
1794
35
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
[Drawing book of trees]
1821.]
36
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Perspective explained in a series of dialogues between the author's children George, Ann, Eliza and John
circa 1820
37
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
A new drawing book, in the manner of chalk
1819
38
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Etchings of rustic figures
[1815]
39
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
The youth's new London self-instructing drawing book
1834
40
Artist's sketchbook,
circa 1809?
41
Munn, Paul Sandby, 1773–1845
Progressive lessons
1810
42
The art of drawing in perspective
1777
43
Milbourne, Henry, 1781–ca. 1826
Studies of cows from life
[1805]
44
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
The art of drawing in perspective made easy
1775
45
Six well known views near London
1794
46
Chalon, Henry Bernard, 1770–1849
Chalon's drawing book of animals and birds of every description
[1822?]
47
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Hassell's drawing magazine ..
1808-1811
48
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Elements for drawing
1792
49
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Process of sketching a landscape
1801
50
Bragg, G.. F
Progressive sketches for the lead pencil
[1835?]
51
The artist's vade-mecum
1776 [i.e. 177-?]
52
Harley, George, 1791–1871
First principles of landscape drawing
1829
53
Varley, John, 1778–1842
Precepts of landscape drawing, exemplified in fifteen views
1818]
54
Hamilton, George, writer on art
The elements of drawing, for the use of students
1812
55
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Elementary art, or, The use of the lead pencil advocated and explained
MDCCCXXXIV[1834]
56
Le Capelain, John, 1814?-1848
John Le Capelain letter to J.J. Gabousel
1841 May 2
57
Rudiments of drawing, shadowing, and colouring flowers in water colours
1818 [i.e. 1817]
58
Troili, Giulio, 1613–1685
Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiua senza saperla
1683
59
Steeley, Frank
Bacon's "Excelsior" drawing cards
[1893?]
60
Cox, David, 1783–1859
A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours
1812
61
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1815
62
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application
[1856]
63
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Process of sketching a landscape
1805
64
The art of drawing in perspective
1786
65
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
W.H. Pyne on rustic figures
1817
66
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape
1800
67
Stanley, Montague, 1809–1844
M. Stanley's drawing book
[1841?]
68
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Sketching landscape scenery, part 2nd
not before 1825
69
Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
70
Burgess, John Cart, 1798–1863
Useful hints on drawing and painting;
1818
71
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Rudiments of landscape in progressive studies
1813
72
Dighton, Denis, 1792–1827
Progressive studies in cattle
May, 1820
73
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1668
74
[Drawing book of wild boars]
[ca. 1770?]
75
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
J.D. Harding's early drawing-book
1838
76
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
1731
77
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
An introduction to perspective, drawing, and painting
1815
78
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The principles of design
1777
79
Burn, Robert Scott
The illustrated London drawing book ...
1853
80
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Hints to young practitioners, in the study of landscape painting
81
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints
1660
82
Principles of perspective
1812
83
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
An introduction to perspective, adapted to the capacities of youth, in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues, between the author's children
1813
84
The Art of drawing and painting in water-colours
1731
85
Wells, John, 1757 or 1758–1843
An epitome of perspective
1817]
86
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Footsteps to drawing, according to the rules of perspective
1816
87
Steeley, Frank
Bacon's Excelsior first grade drawing cards
[1893?]
88
Green, Benjamin Richard, 1808–1876
Illustrations of perspective
[184-?]
89
Burn, Robert Scott
The illustrated London drawing book ...
1852
90
Chubb's drawing book, and artists' assistant
1824
91
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting
[1808?]
92
Miles, Leonidas Clint
A guide to sketching from nature in water colours
1868
93
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[177-?]
94
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
A method to learn to design the passions
1734
95
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
[1698]
96
Earp, Frederick, 1827–1897
The Brighton drawing book
[184-?]
97
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Rules for drawing caricaturas
1789
98
The compleat drawing-book
1757
99
Tate, Thomas, 1807–1888
Drawing for schools
1854
100
The young colorist
[ca. 1880]
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