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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Burnet, John, 1784–1868
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Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
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Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
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Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
1
Brown, Richard, architect
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Calvert, Frederick, fl. 1811–1844
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Cawse, John, 1779–1862
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Everard, Anne
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Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
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Green, N. E. (Nathaniel Everett), 1823–1899
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Greenaway, Kate, 1846–1901
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Hareux, Ernest, 1847–1909
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Hoofnail, John
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Howard, Henry, 1769–1847
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Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis)
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Muckley, William J
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Murray, Henry, F.S.A
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Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780–1867
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
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Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
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2004
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Under Certain Circumstances
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unknown
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19th century
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20th century
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18th century
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21st century
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drawing book
12
lithograph
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chromolithograph
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wood engraving
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aquatint
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engraving
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etching
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advertisement
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advertising mail
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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chromoxylograph
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color wheel
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drawings book
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manuals (handbooks)
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photomechanical print
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prize book
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publisher's advertisement
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publishers' advertisement
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soft-ground etching
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steel engraving
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Painting -- Study and teaching.
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Drawing books -- Specimens.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Color -- Study and teaching.
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Painting -- Technique.
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Perspective.
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Whittingham, C. -- Printer.
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Carpenter, James -- Publisher.
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Drawing -- Study and teaching.
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Watercolor painting -- Study and teaching.
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Ackermann and Co. -- Publisher.
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Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
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Botanical illustration -- Great Britain.
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Landscape painting -- Study and teaching.
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Landscape painting -- Technique.
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Watercolor painting -- Technique.
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Composition (Art)
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Flowers in art -- Great Britain.
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Miniature painting -- Study and teaching.
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Perspective -- Technique.
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20th century
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Great Britain
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England
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Chiswick (London, England)
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London
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Associated People
Copley, John Singleton, 1738–1815
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Howard, Henry, 1769–1847
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Taylor, H., Miss
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Taylor, M., Miss
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Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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English
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Elegant arts for ladies
[1861]
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Howard, Henry, 1769–1847
A course of lectures on painting
1848
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Burnet, John, 1784–1868
A treatise on painting
1880
4
Hoofnail, John
New practical improvements, and observations on some of the experiments and considerations touching colours
1738
5
Calvert, Frederick, fl. 1811–1844
The young artists instructor
[1823]
6
Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
A course of water-colour painting
[1884?]
7
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
An introduction to perspective, practical geometry, drawing, and painting
1832
8
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Ackermann's manual of colours, used in the different branches of water-colour painting:
MDCCCXLIV [1844]
9
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
Elements of graphic arts
1802
10
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
A practical treatise on painting
1827
11
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
The miniature painter's manual
1844
12
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
A treatise on painting
1837
13
Everard, Anne
Flowers from nature
1835
14
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
A practical treatise on painting
1830
15
Painting on velvet
[1821]
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Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780–1867
Principles of effect and colour as applicable to landscape painting
1833
17
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
An introduction to perspective, drawing, and painting in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues
[1825]
18
Cawse, John, 1779–1862
Introduction to the art of painting in oil colours
1822
19
Greenaway, Kate, 1846–1901
Pictures for painting
[1919]
20
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
An essay on the education of the eye
1839
21
Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
A course of water-colour painting
[1880?]
22
The manual of oil-painting, for young artists and amateurs
1847
23
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
An essay on the education of the eye with reference to painting
1837
24
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
Copies after nature
[1836]
25
Green, N. E. (Nathaniel Everett), 1823–1899
Practical lessons in watercolour painting
[1865]
26
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
An introduction to perspective
1845
27
Muckley, William J
A manual on flower painting in oil colours from nature
1885
28
Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis)
The coloured drawing book for young painters
[186-?]
29
Hareux, Ernest, 1847–1909
Practical manual of painting in oil colours
[between 1880 and 1895]
30
Murray, Henry, F.S.A
The art of portrait painting in oil colours
1856
31
Ward, James, 1851–1927
Colour harmony and contrast
1912
32
The artists' painting book
[ca. 1900]
33
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1838
34
New hints, by an old professor, on the art of miniature painting
1837
35
Brown, Richard, architect
The principles of practical perspective, or, Scenographic projection
1815
36
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
An essay on the education of the eye with reference to painting
1880
37
Process and paradox
c2004
38
Tyrwhitt, R. St. John (Richard St. John), 1827–1895
A handbook of pictorial art,
1868