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1. A new pocket sketch book : containing an easy method of drawing landscape, figures, cattle, &c. from nature : the general principles of perspective, accompanied with nine explanatory etchings : the theory and use of colours, in water and oil : with many necessary and practical rules for tinting, varnishing, &c. / by T.R. Guest.

A new pocket sketch book : containing an easy method of drawing landscape, figures, cattle, &c. from nature : the general principles of perspective, accompanied with nine explanatory etchings : the theory and use of colours, in water and oil : with many necessary and practical rules for tinting, varnishing, &c. / by T.R. Guest.
Creator:
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
viii, 38, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees : with the process of sketching, and painting them in water colours / by Ls. Francia, member of the Liverpool Academy, painter in water colours to H.R.H. the Dutchess of York, and secretary to the Associated Painters in Water Colours.

Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees : with the process of sketching, and painting them in water colours / by Ls. Francia, member of the Liverpool Academy, painter in water colours to H.R.H. the Dutchess of York, and secretary to the Associated Painters in Water Colours.
Creator:
Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
[24] p., 1, [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Six progressive lessons for flower painting : with letter-press directions for drawing and coloring of flowers upon botanical principles.

Six progressive lessons for flower painting : with letter-press directions for drawing and coloring of flowers upon botanical principles.
Date:
January 1, 1802
Physical Description:
14, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour : with hints on light and shadow, on a method of study, etc., to be practically illustrated, when possible, by a series of lessons out of doors / by George Stubbs, of Alexander Square, Brompton ; with seventeen plates in tinted and chromo-lithography.

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Creator:
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Date:
[between 1862 and 1868]
Physical Description:
12 pages, 17 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Rudiments of drawing, shadowing, and colouring flowers in water colours : contained in thirty-six instructive lessons, illustrated by twenty-nine plates from the outline of a single leaf progressively to the completion of a fine group : intended for beginners and students of this delightful art : with a description of colours used & the method of mixing them.

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Date:
1818 [i.e. 1817]
Physical Description:
[4], 36 p., [1], 29 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape : for the use of those who are desirous of gaining some knowledge of the pleasing art of painting in water colours : to which are added some clear and simple rules, exemplified by suitable sketches and more finished painting : as this work is chiefly intended for the mere beginner, the rules are both familiar and progressive : to which are added, instructions for executing transparencies, in a style both novel and easy / by James Roberts.

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Creator:
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
[4], 36 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of flower painting in water colours.

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Creator:
Francia, François Louis Thomas, 1772–1839
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
32 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A practical essay on flower painting in water colours / by Edward Pretty.

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Creator:
Pretty, Edward, 1792–1865
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
28 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The progress of a water-coloured drawing : wherein is represented to the reader the various gradation through which a drawing passes : from the outline to the finished state : the intention of this little work is to enable young people, where an eminent Master cannot be had, to cultivate the delightful art of drawing in colours with system and advantage.

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
[ca. 1807?]
Physical Description:
vii, [22] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The practice of drawing and painting landscape from nature, in water colours : exemplified in a series of instructions calculated to facilitate the progress of the learner, including the elements of perspective, their application in sketching from nature and the explanation of various processes of colouring, for producing from the outline a finished picture, with observations on the study of nature and various other matters relative to the arts / by Francis Nicholson.

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Creator:
Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
iv, 91 p., [5] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Groups of flowers : drawn and accurately coloured after nature : with full directions for the young artist, designed as a companion to the treatise on flower painting / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Britannica, Treatise on flower painting, &c.

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Creator:
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
20 p., [12] leaves of plates. : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Studies of flowers from nature ... : a selection of subjects from the choicest exotics, painted after nature, with a correct outline of each and instructions for producing a facsimile of the finished drawing / by Miss Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, Penelope
Date:
[ca. 1818]
Physical Description:
3 p., [20] leaves, [41] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Rudiments of landscape drawing : in a series of easy examples / by W.H. Pyne.

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Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
[2], 22 p., 13, [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The speculum, or, Art of drawing in water colours : and instructions for sketching from nature : comprising the whole process of a water-coloured drawing, familiarly exemplified in drawing, shadowing, and tinting a complete landscape, in all its progressive stages : with directions for compounding and using colours, sepia, indian ink, bister, etc. / by J.Hassell.

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Creator:
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
56 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The young artists assistant, or, A familiar introduction to the art of drawing, with instructions for colouring &c. / By J. Hassell, drawing master ; iIllustrated by plates displaying the first principles of the art, and a series of the passions, as expressed by the celebrated Le Brun.

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Creator:
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
viii p., 36 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The progress of a water-coloured drawing : wherein is represented to the Learner the various gradation through which a drawing passes from the outline to its finished state : this work, consisting of fourteen tinted lessons, imitative of the original drawings which were made for the purpose of it by John Laporte ...

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
[ca. 1811]
Physical Description:
vii, [22] p., [1], 14 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Groups of fruit : accurately drawn and coloured after nature, with full directions for the young artist : designed as a companion to the treatises on flowers and birds / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Brittanica, Treatise on flower painting, etc.

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Creator:
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
[16] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Lessons on drawing, watercolors, and miniatures.

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Creator:
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
Date:
1797-1803
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A series of easy lessons in landscape drawing : contained in forty plates, arranged progressively from the first principles in the chalk manner to the finished landscape colours / by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
4 p., 40 leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Easy lessons in landscape drawing : contained in forty plates, arranged progressively, from the first principles in the chalk manner to the finished landscape colours / by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
[1819]
Physical Description:
40 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Practical illustration of Gilpin's day : representing the various effects on landscape scenery from morning till night, in thirty designs from nature / by the 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:
1811
Physical Description:
[6], vi, [31] p., 30 leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Six birds : accurately drawn and coloured after nature with full instructions for the young artist : intended as a companion to the treatise on flower painting / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Brittanica, Treatise on flower painting, etc.

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Creator:
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
[18] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts