Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?, The museum of arts, 1745?]
- Title(s):
- The museum of arts: or, The curious repository. By George Bickham, engraver of all sorts of work on copper-plates.
- Additional Title(s):
Universal penmanship.
Drawing and writing tutor.
New universal penman.- Published/Created:
- London [George Bickham, 1745?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 p.., 75 plates (part. col., part double) front. 38 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsZ43 B5+ Oversize[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/187174
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Friedman, J. Color printing in England, 1486-1870, 12
Selected exhibitions: "Color Printing in England, 1486-1870" (Yale Center for British Art, 20 April-25 June, 1978).
BAC : For a discussion regarding this book and related works see Muir, P.H. "The Bickhams and their Universal Penman." In The Library, 4th series, v. XXV, 1945, p. 162-184.
BAC : Many plates with colored insets printed in counterproof.
BAC : Plates after J. Gravelot, Samuel Bennett, Z. Chambers, J. Seddon, and Dove. Plates engraved by the author, John Bickham, and G. Bickham, jun.
A compilation of plates and t.-p.'s from a number of the author's works, including Universal penmanship, London [s.d.]; The drawing and writing tutor, London [1730?] and The new universal penman, London [1741?]. One plate dated 1745. - Subject Terms:
- Engraving -- Specimens.Penmanship -- Study and teaching.
- Form/Genre:
- Writing books.
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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