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Title(s)
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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Additional Title(s)
Speculum
Art of drawing in water colours -
Edition
Second edition.
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Published/Created
London : Printed by W. Flint, Old Bailey, for the author and sold by T. Tegg, 111, Cheapside, and M. Jones, 5, Newgate Street, and to be had of all booksellers in the United Kingdom, 1810.
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Physical Description
56 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND2420 .H37 1810
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
With a frontispiece etched by John Hassell.
First published in 1809. A third edition appeared in 1816. Revised edition published in 1823 under title The Camera. -
Subject Terms
Color -- Study and teaching. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Drawing -- Technique. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1810. | Flint, W., -- Printer. | Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825 -- Publisher | Landscape painting -- 19th century -- Great Britain. | Landscape painting -- Technique. | Watercolor painting -- 19th century -- Great Britain. | Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Watercolor painting -- Technique.
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