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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
12
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
8
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
6
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
5
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
4
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
4
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
4
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
4
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
3
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
3
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
3
Cox, David, 1783–1859
3
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
3
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
3
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
3
Murray, Henry, F.S.A
3
Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844
3
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
2
Calvert, Frederick, fl. 1811–1844
2
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
2
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Unknown
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
273
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
246
Free to Use
27
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Unavailable
246
Available
27
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Period
19th century
180
18th century
74
17th century
13
20th century
5
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drawing book
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handbooks and manual
71
soft-ground etching
59
aquatint
47
engraving
37
lithograph
29
etching
22
wood engraving
13
publisher's advertisement
10
chromolithograph
8
stipple engraving
8
publishers' advertisement
6
lithotint
5
manuals (handbooks)
5
armorial bookplates (provenance)
4
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
3
annotations (provenance)
2
mezzotint
2
photomechanical print
2
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Drawing -- Technique.
171
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
145
Drawing books -- Specimens.
66
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
53
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
46
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
35
Painting -- Technique.
35
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
31
Landscape drawing -- Technique.
28
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
21
Landscape painting -- Technique.
17
Perspective -- Technique.
15
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
14
Painting -- Study and teaching.
12
Anatomy, Artistic.
11
Landscape drawing -- Study and teaching.
10
Color -- Study and teaching.
8
Landscape drawing.
8
Perspective.
8
Figure drawing -- Technique.
7
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19th century
53
18th century
6
19h century
1
20th century
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
64
England
27
London
17
Edinburgh
3
Italy
2
Birmingham (England)
1
Brighton
1
Chron
1
Coventry (England)
1
Dart River Region (England)
1
Derbyshire (England)
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Devon (England)
1
Dublin
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Dublin (Ireland)
1
Edinburgh (Scotland)
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Europe
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Gloucester (England)
1
Gloucestershire (England)
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Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
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Ireland
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Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
4
Raphael, 1483–1520
2
Jones, S. J. E. (Samuel John Egbert), fl. 1820–1845
1
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
1
Liston, John, 1776–1846
1
Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich, 1746–1827
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)
28
"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
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles J. Levy, transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
1
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Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
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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]
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Sowerby, James, 1757–1822
A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature
[1807?]
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Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836
A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure
1796
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
1786
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Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie
1670. (fol.)
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Oram, William, d. 1777
Precepts and observations on the art of colouring in landscape painting
1810
8
Fairland, Thomas, 1804–1852
Juliens' New progressive drawing book of the human figure
[18--]
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The artist's vade mecum
1786
10
The art of drawing without a master
[1768]
11
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,
1647
12
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
The beauties & defects in the figure of the horse
[1816]
13
The principles of drawing and painting
1811
14
Lucas, Fielding, Jr., 1781–1854
Lucas' progressive drawing book, in three parts
1827
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Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The art of dravving vvith the pen,
1607
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