Date: 1796 - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. "-the Stag repells each bold assault."

Creator:: John Neagle, 1796–1865
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

2. 'Sweetwilliam'

Creator:: George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 19 7/8in. (40.3 x 50.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. 'Sweetwilliam'

Creator:: George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple, printed in color
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 19 7/8in. (40.3 x 50.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. ... Costumes des représentans du peuple, membres des deux conseils, du Directoire exécutif, des ministres, des tribunaux, des messagers d'état, huissiers ... etc. Dont les dessins originaux ont été confiés par le ministre de l'interieur au citoyen Grasset S. Sauveur; gravés par le citoyen Labrousse ... Chaque figure est accompagnée d'une notice historique.

Creator:: Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques, 1757–1810
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 30 p., 1 leaf. 15 col. plates. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. [West Indies views].

Creator:: Willyams, Cooper, 1762–1816
Physical Description:: [S.l. : s.n., 1796].
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A Brace of Blessings

Creator:: Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 x 12 13/16in. (21.4 x 32.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art

7. A Brace of Blessings

Creator:: Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 x 12 13/16in. (21.4 x 32.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art

8. A catalogue of a valuable and capital collection of pictures, late the property of the Earl of Bute, deceased : brought from his seat at High-Cliffe in the County of Hants, comprising the very best specimens of some of the most esteemed masters, and the first marine collection ever offered to public sale : the paintings by Rubens, Vandyck, Teniers, Berghem, Alb. Cuyp, Osade, W. Vandevelde, P. Panini, Storck, De Blieger, Weenix, Rich. Hoff, Wellart, Vetringa, Brooking, Vandercabel, Augustine Tassi, Com. Vandeveldt, Zeeman, Biersraten, Backhuysen, Canaletti, Marieski, Vangoyen, B. Peters, Monamy, Tellemans, Verschuring, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Saturday, March the 19th, 1796, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had at one shilling each (to be returned to purchasers) in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1796]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A catalogue of modern books on architecture, theoretical, practical, and ornamental; viz. books of plans and elevations for houses, temples, bridges, &c. ... Which, with the best ancient authors, are constantly on sale at I. and J. Taylor's architectural library ... where may be had the works of the most celebrated French architects and engineers.

Creator:: I. and J. Taylor (Firm)
Date:: [1796?]
Physical Description:: 4 p. 36 cm. (in case 42 cm.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A catalogue of the genuine, capital, and valuable collection of pictures, by the most esteemed masters of the Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Schools : selected by that eminent artist and esteemed connoisseur Benjamin van der Gucht, Esq. deceased : this celebrated collection contains some of the most rare and capital pictures ever offered to the public : comprising the following most remarkable viz. : A Venus disarming Cupid by Corregio, brought to England by Sir William Hamilton : two, a most capital Landscape, and a Sea Port, by Claude : A landscape, a Chef D'oeuvre, by Cuyp : A Ditto by Rubens : and one Ditto, very capital, by Berghem : Le Retour de Chasse, an elegant Cabinet Picture, by Wouvermans : the Judgment of Paris by Vander Werf : A Conversation by Teniers : The Madona and Infant Christ by C. Dolce : The Transfiguration by Julio Romano : several fine portraits by Vandyck, F. Hals, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction (by order of the administratrix) by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, March 11th, 1796, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had at the room in Pall Mall, at one shilling each.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1796]
Physical Description:: 14, [2] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A catalogue of the reserved part of a capital collection of Italian pictures : the property of the late Jacob More, Esq. dec : many years distinguished as an eminent artist, resident at Rome : and selected from some of the first cabinets in Italy : comprising the works of the following much esteemed Masters, viz : M. Angelo, J. Bassiano, Corregio, G. de Notte, L. da Vinci, Mola, Pamegiano, P. Perugino, S. Rosa, Tintoretto, P. Veronse, &c. &c. : a most capital sea-port by Claude : and a landscape by the late Mr. Jacob More : also, by permission are added, a valuable collection of cabinet pictures : containing chiefly of the Flemish and Dutch schools, in the highest preservation : the property of Mons. Liss, of Antwerp : brought to England on the invasion of Flanders by the French : consisting of the works of the following great Masters, viz. : Rubens, Vandyck, Teniers, Ostade, Cuyp, A. V. de Velde, W.V. de Velde, Ruysdael, Backuysen, Lingelback, Wynants, Mieres, Weenix, C. du Jardin, Dietrich, Vernet, &c. : also, a most capital portrait, by Vandyck, of the celebrated Govartius, author of the History of the Netherlands : and a beautiful landscape, representing a Summer's Evening, by Claude, a very picturesque and poetical scene : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, (by order of the executors and consignees) at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, February 26th, 1796, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : when catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 9 pages ; cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A complete view of the dress and habits of the people of England : from the establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time : illustrated by engravings taken from the most authentic remains of antiquity : to which is prefixed an introduction, containing a general description of the ancient habits in use among mankind, from the earliest period of time to the conclusion of the seventh century / Joseph Strutt.

Creator:: Strutt, Joseph, 1749–1802
Date:: MDCCXCVI-MDCCXCIX [1796-1799]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A correct view of the telegraph : with the cabin, and manner of working explained / engraved and sold, by Mr. Orme, historical engraver to His Majesty, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

Creator:: Orme, Daniel, b. 1767
Date:: [1796]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([2] p.) : ill. ; 15 cm. + [1] plate.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A description of the lake of Killarney : illustrated with twelve prints of its most interesting views / drawn and engraved in aquatinta, by Jonathan Fisher ; being an appendix to his "Scenery of Ireland.".

Creator:: Fisher, Jonathan, -1809
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: [2], 14 pages, 12 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 x 37 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A description of the university, town and county of Cambridge : containing an account of the colleges, churches, and public buildings, and their founders, benefactors, eminent men, libraries, pictures and curiosities, a list of the heads of colleges, professors, university officers ... and other useful tables, a description of the seats, rivers, &c. in the county ... : illustrated with neat views of the public buildings. This edition contains near one third more than any former one with a new plan of the town.

Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: [6], iv, 166, [2] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A descriptive catalogue of the works of Rembrandt : and of his scholars, Bol, Livens, and Van Vliet : compiled from the original etchings, and from the catalogues of De Burgy, Gersaint, Helle and Glomy, Marcys, and Yver / by Daniel Daulby.

Creator:: Daulby, Daniel
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: [4], xxii, [2], 339, [4] p. : port. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A Flight of Parsons

Creator:: Print made by George Moutard Woodward, ca. 1760–1809
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 7/8in. (21.9 x 32.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Hackney Meeting

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 x 9 1/4in. (32.7 x 23.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. A Kaffir Village

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: ca. 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gouache, and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 × 17 3/4 inches (32.2 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Lesson for Princes

Creator:: Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 14 5/8in. (21.9 x 37.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A letter to a friend on commerce and free ports, and London-docks.

Creator:: Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 2 p.., 24 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A letter to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, on the subject of the intended new docks to be established at Wapping.

Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: iv, [5]-46 p. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A Man's Face, Front View

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A map of the United States of North America : drawn from a number of critical researches / by A. Arrowsmith.

Creator:: Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823
Date:: Jany. 1st 1796
Physical Description:: 1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 123 x 141 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I

Creator:: Peter Simon, 1750–1810
Date:: c.1796
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple, engraver's proof
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 25 3/8 inches (50.8 × 64.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. A Moated House

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (27.3 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Monk's Head

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales .../ by Daniel Paterson ...

Creator:: Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: xxxv, [1] p., 390 columns, 391-406 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 map ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure : adapted to the arts of designing, painting, and sculpture : illustrated with copper-plates : designed principally for the information of such ladies as practise the above arts : and absolutely necessary to all students, who wish to acquire correctness in the outline of the human figure / by W.F. Wells.

A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure : adapted to the arts of designing, painting, and sculpture : illustrated with copper-plates : designed principally for the information of such ladies as practise the above arts : and absolutely necessary to all students, who wish to acquire correctness in the outline of the human figure / by W.F. Wells.

Creator:: Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: [4], 19, [1] page, [6] leaves of plates : illlustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. A new and complete history and description of the cities of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent : containing the whole histories of London, Westminster, Southwark, &c, ancient and modern : from the very earliest authentic intelligence to the year 1796 ... / by Richard Skinner ...

Creator:: Skinner, Richard
Date:: [1796]
Physical Description:: iv, 5-538 [i.e. 544], [6] p., [52] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 40 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. A new book of shipping : on six plates.

Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 6 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. A new drawing book of ornaments in the antique style, comprised in XXXVII plates, designed & engraved by G. Richardson archt. & son.

Creator:: Richardson, George, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 36 plates. 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. A New drawing book.

Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: [4] leaves : all ill. ; 12 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. A New Love Song only Ha' Penny a Piece

Creator:: Anthony Cardon, 1772–1813
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint; proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 x 13 5/8 inches (43.5 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. A New Love Song, Only ha'Penny a Piece

Creator:: Print made by Anthony Cardon, 1772–1813
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Color printed etching, aquatint, and stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 13 5/16 inches (42.5 × 33.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A New Love Song, Only ha'Penny a Piece

Creator:: Print made by Anthony Cardon, 1772–1813
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Color printed etching, aquatint, and stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/4 inches (40.6 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. A New Love Song, Only ha'Penny a Piece

Creator:: Print made by Anthony Cardon, 1772–1813
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Color printed etching, aquatint, and stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (39.4 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, Bequest of Doris M. Brixey

38. A Peep Into Saldanha Bay, or Dutch Perfidy Rewarded

Creator:: Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 12 5/8in. (21.1 x 32.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. A Perspective View of Covent Garden

Creator:: John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 16 3/4in. (25.1 x 42.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France : made in the autumn of 1789 / by Samuel Ireland ; author of the Histories and picturesque scenery of the Rivers Thames, Medway, and Avon, and graphic illustrations of Hogarth.

Creator:: Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. A Portrait

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 15 1/4in. (32.1 x 38.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. A Present for Past Favours

Creator:: William O'Keefe, active 1794–1807
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 12 3/4in. (21 x 32.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A Present of a Haunch of Venison!

Creator:: Richard Newton, 1777–1798
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 5/8in. (34.9 x 24.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. A Scene between Galle and Matura, about Six Miles from Galle

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: ca. 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 17 7/8 inches (31.3 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. A Scots Concert!!!

Creator:: Richard Newton, 1777–1798
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching & aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 20 5/8in. (39.1 x 52.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. A survey of the present state of Aspenden Church, Herts. June 1793.

Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 1 p. l., 13 p. 2 pl., 2 ports. 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A Tiger Lying in the Entrance of a Cave

Creator:: Elizabeth Pringle, active ca. 1800
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 24 inches (48.9 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. A tour to the Isle of Wight : illustrated with eighty views / drawn and engraved in aqua tinta by Charles Tomkins ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Tomkins, Charles, 1757–1823
Date:: London :
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. A treatise on painting / by Leonardo da Vinci ; translated from the original Italian ; illustrated with a great number of cuts ; to which is added the life of the author, and a portrait from a picture in the Duke of Tuscany's gallery at Florence.

Creator:: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: [2], xii, 189, [19] p., [30] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. A treatise on the improvement of canal navigation : exhibiting the numerous advantages to be derived from small canals and boats of two to five feet wide, containing from two to five tons burthen : with a description of the machinery for facilitating conveyance by water through the most mountainous countries, independent of locks and aqueducts : including observations on the great importance of water communications : with thoughts on, and designs for, aqueducts and bridges of iron and wood : illustrated with seventeen plates / by R. Fulton, civil engineer.

Creator:: Fulton, Robert, 1765–1815
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: xvi, 144 pages, 17 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1. "-the Stag repells each bold assault."

2. 'Sweetwilliam'

3. 'Sweetwilliam'

5. [West Indies views].

6. A Brace of Blessings

7. A Brace of Blessings

13. A correct view of the telegraph : with the cabin, and manner of working explained / engraved and sold, by Mr. Orme, historical engraver to His Majesty, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

14. A description of the lake of Killarney : illustrated with twelve prints of its most interesting views / drawn and engraved in aquatinta, by Jonathan Fisher ; being an appendix to his "Scenery of Ireland.".

16. A descriptive catalogue of the works of Rembrandt : and of his scholars, Bol, Livens, and Van Vliet : compiled from the original etchings, and from the catalogues of De Burgy, Gersaint, Helle and Glomy, Marcys, and Yver / by Daniel Daulby.

17. A Flight of Parsons

18. A Hackney Meeting

19. A Kaffir Village

20. A Lesson for Princes

21. A letter to a friend on commerce and free ports, and London-docks.

22. A letter to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, on the subject of the intended new docks to be established at Wapping.

23. A Man's Face, Front View

24. A map of the United States of North America : drawn from a number of critical researches / by A. Arrowsmith.

25. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I

26. A Moated House

27. A Monk's Head

28. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales .../ by Daniel Paterson ...

31. A new book of shipping : on six plates.

32. A new drawing book of ornaments in the antique style, comprised in XXXVII plates, designed & engraved by G. Richardson archt. & son.

33. A New drawing book.

34. A New Love Song only Ha' Penny a Piece

35. A New Love Song, Only ha'Penny a Piece

36. A New Love Song, Only ha'Penny a Piece

37. A New Love Song, Only ha'Penny a Piece

38. A Peep Into Saldanha Bay, or Dutch Perfidy Rewarded

39. A Perspective View of Covent Garden

40. A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France : made in the autumn of 1789 / by Samuel Ireland ; author of the Histories and picturesque scenery of the Rivers Thames, Medway, and Avon, and graphic illustrations of Hogarth.

41. A Portrait

42. A Present for Past Favours

43. A Present of a Haunch of Venison!

44. A Scene between Galle and Matura, about Six Miles from Galle

45. A Scots Concert!!!

46. A survey of the present state of Aspenden Church, Herts. June 1793.

47. A Tiger Lying in the Entrance of a Cave

48. A tour to the Isle of Wight : illustrated with eighty views / drawn and engraved in aqua tinta by Charles Tomkins ; in two volumes.

49. A treatise on painting / by Leonardo da Vinci ; translated from the original Italian ; illustrated with a great number of cuts ; to which is added the life of the author, and a portrait from a picture in the Duke of Tuscany's gallery at Florence.