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1. The young artist's companion, or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments : comprising a great variety of the most picturesque objects required in the various compositions of landscape scenery, arranged as progressive lessons / by David Cox , author of 'A treatise on landscape-painting and effect in water-colours,' &c. &c.

The young artist's companion, or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments : comprising a great variety of the most picturesque objects required in the various compositions of landscape scenery, arranged as progressive lessons / by David Cox , author of 'A treatise on landscape-painting and effect in water-colours,' &c. &c.
Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
[2], 15 p., 64 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 x 28 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. The beauties & defects in the figure of the horse / comparatively delineated by H. Alken in a series of coloured plates.

The beauties & defects in the figure of the horse / comparatively delineated by H. Alken in a series of coloured plates.
Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
[1816]
Physical Description:
2, [18] pages, 19 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The Continental drawing book : for the use of advanced pupils : being views in Switzerland and the Alps and Italian lakes / drawn from nature and on stone by George Barnard.

The Continental drawing book : for the use of advanced pupils : being views in Switzerland and the Alps and Italian lakes / drawn from nature and on stone by George Barnard.
Creator:
Barnard, George, 1807–1890
Date:
Jany. 2nd, 1837
Physical Description:
[14] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Juliens' New progressive drawing book of the human figure / drawn from nature by Monsieur Julien ... ; lithographed by Thomas Fairland.

Juliens' New progressive drawing book of the human figure / drawn from nature by Monsieur Julien ... ; lithographed by Thomas Fairland.
Creator:
Fairland, Thomas, 1804–1852
Date:
[18--]
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, 24 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 32 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.

The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
20 p., 28 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature / by James Sowerby ... ; originally designed for the use of his pupils ...

A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature / by James Sowerby ... ; originally designed for the use of his pupils ...
Creator:
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822
Date:
[1807?]
Physical Description:
11 leaves, 10 leaves of plates : col. ill. 19 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. 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

9. 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

10. The young painter's maulstick : being a practical treatise on perspective : containing rules and principles for delineation on planes : treated so as to render the art of drawing correctly easy of attainment even to common capacities : and entertaining at the same time, from its truth and facility : founded on the clear mechanical process of Vignola and Sirigatti, united with the theoretic principles of the celebrated Dr. Brook Taylor : addressed to students in drawing / by James Malton, architect and draftsman.

The young painter's maulstick : being a practical treatise on perspective : containing rules and principles for delineation on planes : treated so as to render the art of drawing correctly easy of attainment even to common capacities : and entertaining at the same time, from its truth and facility : founded on the clear mechanical process of Vignola and Sirigatti, united with the theoretic principles of the celebrated Dr. Brook Taylor : addressed to students in drawing / by James Malton, architect and draftsman.
Creator:
Malton, James, d. 1803
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
[4], ii, xiv, 71, [1] p., 23 leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
[ca. 1801]
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Characters of trees : in a series of seven plates / drawn and etched by F. [i.e. J.] Martin ...

Characters of trees : in a series of seven plates / drawn and etched by F. [i.e. J.] Martin ...
Creator:
Martin, John, 1789–1854
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
7 leaves : all ill. ; 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Rodwell and Martin's Lithographic drawing book for students / by J.D. Harding, S. Prout, C. Hullmandell, A. Aglio, &c.

Rodwell and Martin's Lithographic drawing book for students / by J.D. Harding, S. Prout, C. Hullmandell, A. Aglio, &c.
Date:
[1821]
Physical Description:
volumes : all illustrations ; 16 x 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. 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

15. [Progressive lessons for drawing landscapes]

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Creator:
John Bluck, active 1791–1819
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
[4], 8 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. First principles of landscape drawing / by Geo. Harley.

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Creator:
Harley, George, 1791–1871
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
[4] p., plates 25-36 : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A familiar treatise on perspective, designed for ladies, and those who are unacquainted with the principles of optics and geometry ... By W. Daniel.

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Creator:
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
46 p. 16 plates. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Landscape animals : in a series of progressive studies / W.M. Craig.

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Creator:
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
[2], 6 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 30 x 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Thirty four lessons for drawing the human figure : engraved from the original drawings of Bartolozzi and adapted to the use of students in the polite arts.

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Creator:
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
[34] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Progressive lessons in drawings / by J. Powell, No. 14 Allsops buildings, New Road, Marylebone.

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Creator:
Powell, Joseph, 1780–1834
Date:
1820-1821
Physical Description:
3 volumes : all illustrations ; 23 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. W.H. Pyne on rustic figures : in imitation of chalk.

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Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
ii, 36 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 29-33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Elements of drawing and painting in water colours : being supplement to the Elements of drawing and perspective, published in Chambers's educational course / by John Clark.

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Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
212 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Ward's progressive book of landscape drawing : in thirteen parts / by J. H. Burgess.

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Creator:
Burgess, J. Howard (James Howard), 1817–1890
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
13 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The school perspective : being a progressive course of instruction in Linear Perspective, both theoretical and practical : specially designed for the use of schools / by J.R. Dicksee, principal drawing master to the city of London School, to The Normal College for training teachers of the British and Foreign School Society, &c. ; illustrated with many woodcuts and forty engraved plates.

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Creator:
Dicksee, J. R. (John Robert), 1817–1905
Date:
[1862]
Physical Description:
xiv, 79, [1] p., 40 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. 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

26. Elements of drawing and flower painting : in opaque and transparent water-colours / by Mrs. E.E. Perkins ; honored by the especial patronage of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.

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Creator:
Perkins, Elizabeth Steele
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
xvi, [1], 18-66, [6] pages, [14] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Bowles's Passions of the soul : represented in several heads : engraved in the manner of drawing in chalk / from the designs of the late celebrated Monsieur Le Brun.

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Creator:
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
Date:
[1800?]
Physical Description:
4 p., 20 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Sketches of cattle : the whole illustrative of landscape scenery / by Henry Alken.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
[1819]
Physical Description:
[2] pt. : all ill. ; 28 x 45 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. The youth's new London self-instructing drawing book : containing a series of progressive lessons : with instructions for drawing rural scenery, architecture, the human figure, &c. / illustrated with upwards of one hundred engravings by N. Whittock.

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Creator:
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
iv, 108 p., [104] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Landscape & velvet painting.

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Creator:
Watt, Alexander George
Date:
circa 1819?
Physical Description:
1 v. ([3], 42, VI p., [3] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. A drawing book of landscapes.

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Date:
1810
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Elementary art, or, The use of the chalk and lead pencil advocated and explained / by J.D. Harding.

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Creator:
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
iv, 97 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Practical hints on portrait painting : illustrated by examples from works of Vandyke and other masters / by John Burnet ...

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1860
Physical Description:
[iii]-vi, 63, [2] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. 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

35. 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

36. A familiar treatise on perspective : designed for ladies, and those who are unacquainted with the principles of optics and geometry : whereby, in a few days, sufficient of this useful science may be learned, to enable any person, accumstomed to the use of the pencil, to draw landscapes, and the simpler objects of art : with perspective accuracy / by W. Daniel.

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Creator:
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
43, [1] p., 14 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Orme's New sketch book.

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Date:
[1801?]
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : all ill. ; 20 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. An introduction to perspective, drawing, and painting in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues between the author's children : illustrated by appropriate plates and diagrams, and a sufficiency of practical geometry : and a compendium of genuine instruction comprising a progressive and complete body of information carefully adopted for the instructions of females : and suited equally to the simplicity of youth and mental maturity / by Charles Hayter.

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Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
xviii, 263 p., [20] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The American drawing-book : a manual for the amateur, and basis of study for the professional artist : especially adapted to the use of public and private schools, as well as home instruction / by J.G. Chapman.

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Creator:
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808–1889
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
168 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. The youth's new London self-instructing drawing book : containing a series of progressive lessons with instructions for drawing rural scenery, architecture, the human figure, animals &c. / illustrated with upwards of one hundred engravings by N. Whittock.

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Creator:
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
iv, 108 p., [104] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Artist's sketchbook, circa 1809?.

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Date:
circa 1809?
Physical Description:
1 v. ([14] leaves) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. 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

43. Precepts of landscape drawing, exemplified in fifteen views : with instructions to young artists / by John Varley.

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Creator:
Varley, John, 1778–1842
Date:
1818]
Physical Description:
[2] double plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. An essay on mechanical drawing : comprising an elementary course of practice in the perspective delineation of machinery / illustrated in numerous plates by Charles Blunt.

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Creator:
Blunt, Charles
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
[4], 91, [1] p., [63] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. 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

46. 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

47. A treatise on the art of mezzotinto pencilling : also observations on painting on glass, satin, velvet, and wood / by B.W. Gilbert ; embellished with examples and specimens in the art first named : the work is intended chiefly for pupils in the absence of the master, for governesses, and families who reside in the country and will form a companion to the Hints on Oriental painting by the same author.

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Creator:
Gilbert, B. W
Date:
[183-?]
Physical Description:
[16] leaves, [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. The principles and practice of sketching landscape scenery from nature : systematically arranged, and illustrated by numerous examples, from simple and easy subjects, to the more complicated and difficult combinations of objects : in four parts. / by John George Wood, F.S.A., author of Lectures on perspective, delivered at the Royal Institution in the years 1807, 1808, and 1809 ...

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Creator:
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. The illustrated drawing-book : for the use of schools, students, and artisans ... / by Robert Scott Burn ...

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Creator:
Burn, Robert Scott
Date:
[18--]
Physical Description:
vii, [8]-143 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. 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

51. 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

52. Marine sketches / drawn on stone by S. Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[24] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Book of landscapes after Payne.

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Creator:
Payne, William, active 1776–1809
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 27 x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. An introduction to the study of painting : arranged under three heads, viz. geometry, perspective, and light and shadow : elucidated by question and answer / by E. Rudge ...

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Creator:
Rudge, Edward
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
[4], ii, [4], 85 p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. 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

56. Practical hints on portrait painting: illustrated by examples from the works of Vandyke and other masters. By John Burnet ...

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
iv p., 1 l., 54 p. XII pl. (8 port.) incl. front. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. 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

58. Two essays : one on the author's mode of executing rough sketches : the other on the principles on which they are composed : to these are added three plates of figures by Sawrey Gilpin ... / by William Gilpin.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
43 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. T.C. Dibdin's Pleasing self instructor in the art of drawing : comprised in a series of progressive lessons carefully engraved and simplified with printed letterpress directions : by which a child 9 years old may teach itself the art without the pressure of a master / by T.C. Dibdin ...

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Creator:
Dibdin, Thomas Colman, 1810–1893
Date:
[185-?]
Physical Description:
[2], 8, [2], 40 p., 8, 32 leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Studies from nature : arranged as progressive lessons for instruction in the art of drawing landscape / drawn and engraved by William Orme.

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Creator:
Orme, William, active 1797–1819
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
[22] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. William Orme's Rudiments of landscape drawing, and perspective / dedicated to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts &c. &c.

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Creator:
Orme, William, active 1797–1819
Date:
[1802]
Physical Description:
[2], [19], [2], 3 leaves : chiefly ill. ; 33 x 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Elementary art, or, The use of the chalk and lead pencil advocated and explained / by J.D. Harding.

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Creator:
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Date:
[1854]
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 97, [3] p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Rudiments of drawing the human figure : from Cipriani, Guido, Poussin, Rubens / drawn & engraved by T. Cheesman.

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Creator:
Cheesman, Thomas, 1760–
Date:
[1816]
Physical Description:
[11] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 26 x 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. A compendium of the theory and practice of drawing and painting : illustrated by the technical terms in art : with practical observations on the essential lines and the forms connected with them : adapted to the earliest state of instruction for the use of school or private tuition : to which is added, the practice of the pencil, chalk, tinted, and water-colour drawing / by R. Dagley ; author of "Select gems from the antique".

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Creator:
Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
xvi, 79 p., 7 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Hannah Bolton's first drawing book : a walk through a house shown by scenes in the journey.

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Creator:
Bolton, Hannah
Date:
[1853]
Physical Description:
[5] pt. : chiefly ill. ; 27 x 36 cm.
Collection:
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66. The rudiments of drawing cabinet and upholstery furniture: comprehending concise and explicit instructions for designing and delineating the different articles of those branches perspectively and geometrically ... Illustrated by appropriate diagrams ... By Richard Brown ...

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Creator:
Brown, Richard, architect
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
vi p., 1 ., [vii]-xii, 52 p. 25 plates (part col.) 30 cm.
Collection:
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67. 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:
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68. First drawing book.

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Date:
1845
Physical Description:
11 pages, XLVIII leaves of plates ; 17 cm.
Collection:
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69. The artist's assistant in drawing, perspective, etching in copper and steel, engraving, metzotinto scraping, painting on glass, in crayons, in water-colours, and on silks and satins ... : containing the easiest and most comprehensive rules for the attainment of those truly useful and polite arts : methodically digested, and adapted to the capacities of young beginners : illustrated with suitable examples, engraved on copper.

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Date:
1825
Physical Description:
48 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
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70. A guide to pictorial art : how to use the black lead pencil, chalks, and water colours : the capabilities of these materials, with every information necessary to put the student on the proper course for attaining excellence in the fine arts / by H. O'Neill.

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Creator:
O'Neill, Henry, 1798–1880
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
xii, 94 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
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71. 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:
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72. 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:
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73. M. Stanley's drawing book.

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Creator:
Stanley, Montague, 1809–1844
Date:
[1841?]
Physical Description:
[25] leaves : all illustrations ; 26 x 33 cm
Collection:
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74. W.H. Pyne on rustic figures : in imitation of chalk.

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Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
ii p., 36 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
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75. 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:
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76. J.D. Harding's early drawing-book.

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Creator:
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
[2] p., 24 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 27 cm.
Collection:
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77. Process of sketching a landscape.

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : all ill. ; 34 x 48 cm.
Collection:
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78. Principles and practice of sketching landscape scenery from nature : systematically arranged, and illustrated by numerous examples, from simple to easy subjects, to the more complicated and difficult combinations of objects : in four parts / by John George Wood.

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Creator:
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
iv, 18, 16, 8, 14, [2] p., 16, 16, 16, 16 leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
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79. The elements of drawing, for the use of students : illustrated by fifty-one engravings, plain and coloured, containing several hundred examples from the works of the greatest masters / by George Hamilton, drawing-master.

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Creator:
Hamilton, George, writer on art
Date:
1812
Collection:
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80. Progressive sketches for the lead pencil / by G.F. Bragg.

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Creator:
Bragg, G.. F
Date:
[1835?]
Physical Description:
24 leaves : all ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:
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81. Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting : illustrated by five engravings intended to show the different stages of the neutral tint / by J.W. Alston ; to which are added instructions in the art of painting on velvet.

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Creator:
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Date:
[1808?]
Physical Description:
67, 16 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
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82. Shepherd's portable slate desk.

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Creator:
Shepherd, Charles C
Date:
[1877?]
Physical Description:
1 drawing slate : double sided ; 19 x 27 x 6 cm
Collection:
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83. Chalon's drawing book of animals and birds of every description : studies from nature.

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Creator:
Chalon, Henry Bernard, 1770–1849
Date:
[1822?]
Physical Description:
[16] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 31 x 50 cm.
Collection:
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84. Bacon's "Excelsior" drawing cards : freehand for Standards VI-VIII / by Frank Steeley & Bernard H. Trotman ...

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Creator:
Steeley, Frank
Date:
[1893?]
Physical Description:
36 cards : illustrations ; each 19 x 14 cm, in slipcase 20 x 15 cm
Collection:
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85. 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:
1815
Physical Description:
16 p., [33] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
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86. 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:
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87. Studies of cows from life : forming the first rudiments of sketching cattle from nature / H. M. Milbourne, in. et fec.

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Creator:
Milbourne, Henry, 1781–ca. 1826
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm. x 28 cm.
Collection:
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88. Progressive lessons / P. S. M.

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Creator:
Munn, Paul Sandby, 1773–1845
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
4 leaves of plates. : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm. x 38 cm.
Collection:
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89. Principles of perspective : with a sketch of some Irish antiquities : and a few thoughts on rustic embellishment and the picturesque : as connected, and contrasted, with each other.

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Date:
1812
Physical Description:
[27], 24-30 pages, [1], 9 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 x 40 cm
Collection:
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90. First principles of landscape drawing / by Geo. Harley.

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Creator:
Harley, George, 1791–1871
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
[6], 48 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. (part col.) ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:
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91. The art of drawing in perspective made easy : to those who have no previous knowledge of the mathematics / by James Ferguson ...

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Creator:
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
[4], vii, [1], [9]-124 p., 9 folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
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92. Studies of trees sketched from nature.

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Date:
1800
Physical Description:
4 prints : soft-ground etchings ; plate marks approximately 21 x 29 cm, on sheets 25 x 40 cm
Collection:
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93. Elementary art, or, The use of the lead pencil advocated and explained / by J. D. Harding.

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Creator:
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Date:
MDCCCXXXIV[1834]
Physical Description:
[4], 80 p., [XXVI, [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
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94. The art of sketching flowers from nature : with coloured illustrations / by R. Willett Lucas.

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Creator:
Lucas, Ralph Willett, 1796–1874
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
iv, 45 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 1853.
Collection:
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95. John Le Capelain letter to J.J. Gabousel : manuscript.

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Creator:
Le Capelain, John, 1814?-1848
Date:
1841 May 2
Physical Description:
1 item (5 pages) ; 23 x 38 cm, folded to 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
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96. Lessons on trees / by J.D. Harding ; author of "Lessons on Art," "Elementary Art," "The Principles and practice of Art," &c. &c.

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Creator:
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Date:
MDCCCL [1850]
Physical Description:
[6] p., 30 leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
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97. Proportion, or, The geometric principle of beauty, analysed / by D. R. Hay, decorative painter to the Queen, Edinburgh; author of "The laws of harmonious colouring adapted to interior decorations," "The natural principles and analogy of the harmony of form," etc.

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Creator:
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
[2], x, 78 p., [xvii] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
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98. Copper plates used in Pyne's Etchings of rustic figures.

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Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1814, April 1-July 1
Physical Description:
18 plates ; 30 cm.
Collection:
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99. Rudiments of landscape in progressive studies / drawn and etched in imitation of chalk by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
iv, 26 p., 64 leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 x 48 cm.
Collection:
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100. The new descriptive lesson for carbonic drawing / by Rawson Walker ; carbonic drawing is the only known mode of drawing that can imitate the photographs, calotypes, or sun pictures.

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Creator:
Walker, John Rawson, 1796–1873
Date:
[ca. 1847]
Physical Description:
4 p. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts