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Rare Books and Manuscripts
35
Reference Library
18
Creator
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
4
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
2
Cawse, John, 1779–1862
2
Gage, John, 1938–2012
2
Bacon, J
1
Ball, Philip, 1962–
1
Baxter, George, 1804–1867
1
Berger, John
1
Berns, Roy S., 1954–
1
Bristow, Ian C
1
Bryant, Joshua, fl. 1795–1810
1
Burch, R. M
1
Cabanes, Louis François, 1867–1947
1
Chenciner, Robert
1
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
1
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
1
Field, George, 1777?-1854
1
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
1
Gautier de Montdorge, Antoine, 1701–1768
1
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
1
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2012
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
35
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
18
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
53
Image Available
Unavailable
53
Classification
Books
50
Periodicals
1
Videos
1
Visual Materials
1
Creator Gender
unknown
53
Period
19th century
25
20th century
14
21st century
8
18th century
6
17th century
1
Work Type
aquatint
4
lithograph
4
wood engraving
3
artists' book
2
etching
2
history
2
accordion fold format (binding)
1
armorial bookplates (provenance)
1
chromolithograph
1
color print
1
color wheel
1
dictionarie
1
engraving
1
lithotint
1
postcard
1
publisher's advertisement
1
sample
1
volvelle
1
Subject Terms
Color.
11
Painting -- Technique.
8
Aesthetics.
4
Color -- Psychological aspects.
3
Color in art.
3
Painting -- Early works to 1800.
3
Painting.
3
Aesthetics -- History.
2
Art -- Technique -- History.
2
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
2
Color (Philosophy) -- History.
2
Color -- Study and teaching.
2
Color in art -- History.
2
Color prints.
2
Colors.
2
Dye industry -- History.
2
Painting -- Study and teaching.
2
Pigments.
2
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
2
Ackermann and co. -- Publisher.
1
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19th century
3
Associated Places
Great Britain
4
Edinburgh (Scotland)
2
Chiswick (London, England)
1
England
1
London
1
Associated People
Berger, John
1
Christie, John, 1945–
1
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832
1
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585–1642
1
Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577–1640
1
Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
4
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
1
Language
English
44
French
8
German
1
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Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The laws of contrast of colour
1857
2
Packer, Thomas
The dyer's guide
1830
3
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The principles of harmony and contrast of colours,
1859
4
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
Colour, as a means of art,
1838
5
Gautier de Montdorge, Antoine, 1701–1768
L'art d'imprimer les tableaux
1756
6
Baxter, George, 1804–1867
The pictorial album;
[1837]
7
The artist's assistant;
1807
8
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
The art of painting
1783
9
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
Dissertation sur les ouvrages des plus fameux peintres ..
1681
10
Bacon, J
The theory of colouring
1866
11
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Chromatography, or, A treatise on colours and pigments
1835
12
Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir, 1797–1875
On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste
1858
13
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
The speculum, or, Art of drawing in water colours
1816
14
Cawse, John, 1779–1862
The art of painting portraits, landscapes, animals, draperies, satins, &c. in oil colours
1840
15
Smallhorn, Sophie
A book of postcards
c1999
16
Berger, John
I send you this cadmium red--
[2000]
17
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1844
18
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
On painting in oil and water colours, for landscape and portraits
1839
19
Cawse, John, 1779–1862
Introduction to the art of painting in oil colours
1829
20
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
The handmaid to the arts
1758
21
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
A treatise on painting
1837
22
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Landscape painting in oil colours explained in letters on the theory and practice of the art
1849
23
Mérimée, J.-F.-L. (Jean-François-Léonor), 1757–1836
The art of painting in oil, and in fresco
1839
24
Cabanes, Louis François, 1867–1947
Harmonicolor
[193-?]
25
Mather, George Marshall
The elements of drawing
1830
26
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The laws of contrast of colour
1859
27
Bryant, Joshua, fl. 1795–1810
Bryant's treatise on the use of indian ink and colours
1808]
28
Neri, Antonio, 1576–1614
Art de la verrerie
MDCCLII [1752]
29
Quatremère de Quincy, M. (Antoine-Chrysostome), 1755–1849
Essai sur la nature,
1823
30
Révéroni Saint-Cyr, Jacques Antoine, 1767–1829
Essai sur le perfectionnement des beaux-arts par les sciences exactes,
XII.--1803
31
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs
1839
32
Ward, James, 1851–1927
Colour harmony and contrast
1912
33
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Three essays
1792
34
Pernety, Antoine-Joseph, 1716–1801
Dictionnaire portatif de peinture, sculpture et gravure
1757
35
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
Lectures on painting and design ..
1844-1846
36
The color of life
c2008
37
The Art bulletin
38
Gage, John, 1938–2012
Colour and culture
c1993
39
The pigment compendium
2004
40
Berns, Roy S., 1954–
Billmeyer and Saltzman's principles of color technology
c2000
41
MacGregor, Neil
Making masterpieces
c1997
42
Chenciner, Robert
Madder red
2000
43
Goethe und die Kunst
c1994
44
Wakeman, Geoffrey
A guide to nineteenth century colour printers
c1975
45
The artists' colourmen's story
c1984
46
Gage, John, 1938–2012
Colour and meaning
c1999
47
Bristow, Ian C
Interior house-painting colours and technology, 1615-1840
1996
48
Harley, Rosamond D
Artists' pigments c.1600-1835
2001
49
Ball, Philip, 1962–
Bright earth
2003
50
Sully, Thomas, 1783–1872
Hints to young painters;
1965
51
The materiality of color
[2012]
52
Burch, R. M
Colour printing and colour printers,
1910
53
Paint & painting
1982