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1. "Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book.

"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book.
Creator:
Our Boys Clothing Company
Date:
[ca. 1885?]
Physical Description:
[16] p. : chiefly ill. ; 15 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. [Domestic animals from the most esteemed Masters].

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Creator:
Cooke, George, 1781–1834
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
20 prints in 1 volume : etchings ; volume 29 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. [Sketchbook, with pen and ink watercolor studies of figures, heads, and rural and classical figures].

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Creator:
Purcell, Edward, fl. 1812–1831
Date:
[ca. 1829?]
Physical Description:
[12] leaves ; 24 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A compendious treatise of anatomy, adapted to the arts of designing, painting, and sculpture on ten folio copper plates : and in which the external muscles and bones of the human body are represented as they appear in the best chosen attitudes, when cleared of the skin, the membrana adiposa, and the veins and arteries that lie on their surface : designed and composed by the aid of the best anatomical tables extant : with a concise and clear explanation, showing the names of the different parts, with their origin, insertion, and use : to which have been added, the names as adopted in modern surgery : a work not only useful, but absolutely necessary, to painters, statuaries, professors, and learners, of drawing and design / by J. Tinney.

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Creator:
Tinney, John, -1761
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
[6] p., X leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A course of water-colour painting / by R.P. Leitch.

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Creator:
Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
Date:
[1884?]
Physical Description:
36, [4] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A course of water-colour painting : with twenty-four coloured plates / from designs by R.P. Leitch.

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Creator:
Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
36 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth : being an elementary introduction to the fine arts ... / by Charles Taylor ; illustrated by thirty three engravings.

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Creator:
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
16 p., [33] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A guide to figure painting in water colours : with illustrations and brushwork / by S. T. Whiteford.

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Creator:
Whiteford, S. T
Date:
[1870]
Physical Description:
71 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A guide to landscape figure drawing / by N. E. Green ; woodcuts by James D. Cooper, from drawing by the author.

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Creator:
Green, N. E. (Nathaniel Everett), 1823–1899
Date:
[1891]
Physical Description:
56 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A guide to sketching from nature in water colours / by Leonidas Clint Miles ; with numerous illustrations, drawn on stone and wood by the author.

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Creator:
Miles, Leonidas Clint
Date:
1868
Physical Description:
85, 48 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A manual for teaching model-drawing from solid forms, : the models founded on those of M. Dupuis; combined with a popular view of perspective, and adapted to the elementary instruction of classes in schools and public institutions. / by Butler Williams ... ; under the sanction of the Committee of Council on Education.

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Creator:
Williams, J. Butler (James Butler), Sir
Date:
M.DCCC.XLIII. [1843]
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 257, [1], 16 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A manual on flower painting in oil colours from nature : with instructions for preliminary practice : also a section on flower painting in water colours, etc. : three illustrations / by W.J. Buckley.

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Creator:
Muckley, William J
Date:
1885
Physical Description:
60 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A manual on fruit and still-life painting in oil and water colours from nature : also instructions for elementary practice preparatory to beginning to paint : with three illustrations / by W.J. Muckley.

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Creator:
Muckley, William J
Date:
[189-]
Physical Description:
80 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A new drawing book of heads : from the cartoons at Hampton Court ...

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Date:
[17--]
Physical Description:
6 leaves : all ill. ; 23 x 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A new drawing book of modes / by B. Picart.

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Creator:
Picart, Bernard, 1673–1733
Date:
[1733?]
Physical Description:
13 leaves : all ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A new drawing book of views.

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Date:
[ca. 1804]
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A painting book for boys and girls / presented by Carter's Little Liver Pills.

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Creator:
Carter's Little Liver Pills
Date:
[191-?]
Physical Description:
[16] p. : ill. ; 13 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A practical essay on the art of colouring, and painting landscapes in water colours, with ten illustrative engravings / by John Heaviside Clark.

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Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
[4], 28 p., X leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A practical illustration of Gilpin's day : representing the various effects on landscape scenery from morning till night, in thirty designs from nature / by the late Rev. Wm. Gilpin ... ; with instructions in, and explanation of, the improved method of colouring, and painting in water colours by John Heaviside Clark.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
[4], vi, [34] p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A practical treatise on composition, light and shade, and colour / by Harry Willson ; author of Fugitive sketches in Rome, Venice, &c.

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Creator:
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
Date:
MDCCCLI [1851]
Physical Description:
81 p., [1], [xi] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A rudimentary and practical treatise on perspective for beginners : simplified for the use of juvenile students and amateurs in architecture, painting, etc. : also adapted for schools and private instructors / by George Pyne, artist ; eighty-six illustrations.

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Creator:
Pyne, George, 1800?-1884
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
v, [3], 165, [3] p., XIII leaves of plates ([6] folded) : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A series of practical instructions in landscape painting in water colours : containing directions for sketching from nature, and the application of perspective, progressive lessons in drawing from the tinted sketch to the finished subject, and examples of the introduction of figures, architectural subjects, particular effects, &c. as connected with landscape scenery / by John Clark ; illustrated by fifty-five views from nature, descriptive objects, &c. mounted in imitation of drawings.

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Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
4 pt. : col. ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colour : with introductory illustrations on perspective and drawing with pencil.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
32 p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours : with introductory illustrations on perspective and drawing with pencil.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
32 p., [19] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of painting in water colours : with introductory illustrations on perspective and drawing with pencil.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
24 p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Ackermann's drawing-book of trees.

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Date:
[Jany.1,1841]
Physical Description:
48 leaves : all ill. ; 20 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Ackermann's rudimental drawing-book, for beginners in landscape / by H. Bright ; complete in six numbers.

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Creator:
Bright, Henry, 1810–1873
Date:
[1843]
Physical Description:
6 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 25 cm. x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Advanced studies of flower painting in water colors. Reproduced from original drawings, specially made for the work by Ada Hanbury and other artists ... With full directions for copying the examples, general instructions on painting, and a description of each flower. By Blanche Hanbury.

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Creator:
Hanbury, Blanche
Date:
1885
Physical Description:
xvi, 56 p. ill. (part col. and mounted) 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. An easy and familiar treatise on the art of drawing in perspective : calculated for young students, and to be acquired without a tutor / by Elias Taylor.

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Creator:
Taylor, Elias
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
viii, 74, [2] p., 25 leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. An elementary treatise on sketching from nature : with the principles of light and shade, the theory of colours, &c. / by John Wood.

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Creator:
Wood, John
Date:
[1850]
Physical Description:
52 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. An essay on trees in landscape, or, An attempt to shew the propriety and importance of characteristic expression in this branch of art, and the means of producing it, with examples / by Edward Kennion.

An essay on trees in landscape, or, An attempt to shew the propriety and importance of characteristic expression in this branch of art, and the means of producing it, with examples / by Edward Kennion.
Creator:
Kennion, E
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
x, 48 p., L, [II] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. An introduction to perspective, practical geometry, drawing, and painting : a new and perfect explanation of the mixture of colours with full and practical directions for miniature, crayons, and oil painting : in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues between the author's children : and an epistolary instruction to pupils : properly adapted for the instruction of females, and equally for all professional students / by Charles Hayter.

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Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
xxvi, 259 p., [23] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. An introduction to the study of perspective : elucidated by easy and familiar examples in question and answer : so as to enable the student of drawing, to apply the principles of the science with facility, to sketching from nature / by Stephen Humble ; teacher of drawing and painting, Edinburgh ; illustrated with seventeen copperplates.

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Creator:
Humble, Stephen
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
27, [1] p., 17 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Anatomy for artists / by John Marshall ; illustrated by two hundred original drawings by J.S. Cuthbert ; engraved by J. and G. Nicholls.

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Creator:
Marshall, John, 1818–1891
Date:
1878
Physical Description:
xiv, 436 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles J. Levy, transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

35. Art of landscape painting in water colours / by Thomas Rowbotham and Thomas L. Rowbotham.

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Creator:
Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson, 1783–1853
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
vii, 2, 47 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Black-board drawing / by M. Swannell.

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Creator:
Swannell, M. (Mildred)
Date:
1896
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 25, [1] p., XXVII leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. British scenery / by Calvert ...

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Creator:
Calvert, Frederick, fl. 1811–1844
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
2 pts. ([1], 4; [1], 5 leaves) : all ill. ; 25 x 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. British small birds : Vere Foster's drawing book, embracing every description of drawing, with paper for copying : animals / by Harrison Weir & other artists ; in twelve books (O to O11)

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Date:
[188-]
Physical Description:
16 p. : chiefly ill. ; 17 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Brush drawing as applied to natural forms and common objects : over 300 examples in monochrome and colour / by May Mallam.

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Creator:
Mallam, May
Date:
1905
Physical Description:
[48] p. : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Buchanan's initiatory drawing lessons : for the use of writing academies & private families : engraved series, to be copied with the pen.

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Date:
1828
Physical Description:
4 p., 43 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Cassell's penny drawing copy books.

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Date:
[1871]
Physical Description:
28 pt. : ill. ; 17 cm. x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Cassell's popular drawing copies. Series A. : floral and vegetable forms / by Charles Ryan ; in twelve parts, price sixpence each; or in one volume, complete, cloth lettered, 7s. 6d.

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Creator:
Ryan, Charles, -1893
Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
12 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Cassell's popular drawing copies. Series D. : Figure drawing.

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Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
12 pt.. : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Cassell's sixpenny drawing copies. Series A. : Floral & vegetable forms.

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Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
[12] pt. : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Cassell's sixpenny drawing copies. Series C. Landscape drawing.

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Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
[12] pt. : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Child's advanced drawing book.

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Creator:
Childs, George
Date:
ca. 1840]
Physical Description:
24 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 25 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Chubb's drawing book, and artists' assistant : illustrated with nearly sixty well-executed copper plate engravings of the human figure.

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Date:
1824
Physical Description:
77, [3] pages, [50] leaves of plates (in various foliations) : illustrations ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Collins' national drawing books / designed by D. Mackinlay.

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Date:
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description:
36 pt. : ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Dickinson's Advanced drawing book, 1828.

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Date:
1828
Physical Description:
[4] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 24 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Divers different designs of figures proper for carvers, painters, &c. : but particularly adapted for youth to draw after.

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Date:
[17--?]
Physical Description:
[3] leaves : all ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts