Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Malton, James, d. 1803
Title:
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.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by J. Barfield, No. 91, Wardour Street; and published for the author by Carpenter and Co., Old Bond-Street, 1800.
Physical Description:
[4], ii, xiv, 71, [1] p., 23 leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:6192922
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Printed by S. Gosnell, Printer, Little Queen Street, Holborn.
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Subject Terms:
Perspective -- Technique. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing books -- Specimens. | Carpenter & Co. -- Publisher. | Barfield, J. -- Printer. | Gosnell, S. -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1800. | Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1800.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books. | Aquatints -- 1800.