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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Laporte, John, 1761–1839
8
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
7
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
7
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
7
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
5
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
4
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
4
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
4
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
3
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
3
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
3
Burn, Robert Scott
3
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
3
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
3
Harley, George, 1791–1871
3
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
3
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
3
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
2
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
2
Cox, David, 1783–1859
2
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256
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Books
238
Archives & Manuscripts
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Three-Dimensional Artifacts
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2
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1
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19th century
165
18th century
70
17th century
12
20th century
5
21st century
5
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drawing book
162
handbooks and manual
80
soft-ground etching
45
aquatint
32
engraving
23
lithograph
22
wood engraving
17
etching
15
stipple engraving
8
ink drawing
5
graphite drawing
4
publisher's advertisement
4
chromolithograph
3
lithotint
3
sketchbook
3
wash drawing
3
watercolor
3
armorial bookplates (provenance)
2
correspondence
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Watercolor painting -- Technique.
53
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
48
Painting -- Technique.
42
Drawing books -- Specimens.
41
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
31
Landscape drawing -- Technique.
31
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
26
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
17
Perspective.
17
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
13
Perspective -- Technique.
12
Landscape painting -- Technique.
11
Landscape drawing.
10
Perspective -- Early works to 1800.
10
Anatomy, Artistic.
9
Drawing -- 19th century -- Great Britain.
9
Colors.
7
Figure drawing -- Technique.
7
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19th century
29
18th century
4
17th century
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19h century
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21st century
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Great Britain
44
England
10
London
6
Edinburgh (Scotland)
4
Edinburgh
3
Belfast
1
Brighton
1
Brighton (England)
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Chron
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Coventry (England)
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Dublin
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France
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Gloucester (England)
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London (England)
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Mitteleuropa
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Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
3
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
1
Gabourel, Jean Josué
1
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
1
Hennell, Harriet
1
Le Messurier, A., 1837–1916
1
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
1
Osborn, William
1
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
1
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
1
Raphael, 1483–1520
1
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
1
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
1
Robertson, Emily
1
Shafe, John
1
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)
21
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Eileen Hogan.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
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English
249
French
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German
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Italian
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Russian
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
2
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1668
3
Burn, Robert Scott
The illustrated London drawing book ...
1853
4
The art of drawing in perspective
1786
5
[Drawing book of wild boars]
[ca. 1770?]
6
Burgess, John Cart, 1798–1863
Useful hints on drawing and painting;
1818
7
Rudiments of drawing, shadowing, and colouring flowers in water colours
1818 [i.e. 1817]
8
Steeley, Frank
Bacon's "Excelsior" drawing cards
[1893?]
9
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
10
Murray, Henry, F.S.A.
The art of painting and drawing in coloured crayons
[between 1906 and 1916]
11
The young colorist
[ca. 1880]
12
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1820
13
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The principles of design
1777
14
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Sketching landscape scenery, part 2nd
not before 1825
15
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Rules for drawing caricaturas
1788
16
[Landscape views]
1794
17
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
1731
18
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
An introduction to perspective, drawing, and painting
1815
19
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Process of sketching a landscape
1805
20
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application
[1856]
21
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Rudiments of landscape in progressive studies
1813
22
Walker, John Rawson, 1796–1873
The new descriptive lesson for carbonic drawing
[ca. 1847]
23
Stanley, Montague, 1809–1844
M. Stanley's drawing book
[1841?]
24
Cox, David, 1783–1859
A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours
1812
25
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Hints to young practitioners, in the study of landscape painting
26
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
W.H. Pyne on rustic figures
1817
27
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape
1800
28
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
J.D. Harding's early drawing-book
1838
29
Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
30
Dighton, Denis, 1792–1827
Progressive studies in cattle
May, 1820
31
Troili, Giulio, 1613–1685
Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiua senza saperla
1683
32
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1815
33
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Process of sketching a landscape
1801
34
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
The art of drawing in perspective made easy
1775
35
The compleat drawing-book
1757
36
Tate, Thomas, 1807–1888
Drawing for schools
1854
37
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Principles and practice of sketching landscape scenery from nature
1820
38
Miles, Leonidas Clint
A guide to sketching from nature in water colours
1868
39
The art of landscape drawing made easy
[1794]
40
Burn, Robert Scott
The illustrated London drawing book ...
1852
41
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
An introduction to perspective, adapted to the capacities of youth, in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues, between the author's children
1813
42
Chubb's drawing book, and artists' assistant
1824
43
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Hassell's drawing magazine ..
1808-1811
44
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
[1698]
45
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[177-?]
46
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
A method to learn to design the passions
1734
47
Lamy, Bernard, 1640–1715
Perspective made easie, or, The art of representing all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all scituations
MDCCX [1710]
48
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Elements for drawing
1792
49
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Elements of drawing and painting in water colours;
1848
50
Six well known views near London
1794
51
Milbourne, Henry, 1781–ca. 1826
Studies of cows from life
[1805]
52
Sutcliffe, J. V. (John V.)
Drawing book of horses in progressive lessons
[1855?]
53
Bragg, G.. F
Progressive sketches for the lead pencil
[1835?]
54
The artist's vade-mecum
1776 [i.e. 177-?]
55
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting
[1808?]
56
Cheesman, Thomas, 1760–
Rudiments of drawing the human figure
[1816]
57
Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
A compendium of the theory and practice of drawing and painting
1819
58
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
Perspective practical, or, A plain and easie method of true and lively representing all things to the eye at a distance, by the exact rules of art ...
1672
59
Studies of trees sketched from nature
1800
60
Lucas, Ralph Willett, 1796–1874
The art of sketching flowers from nature
1853
61
Le Capelain, John, 1814?-1848
John Le Capelain letter to J.J. Gabousel
1841 May 2
62
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
The art of drawing in perspective made easy
1810
63
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Etchings of rustic figures
[1815]
64
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
A new drawing book, in the manner of chalk
1819
65
The Art of drawing and painting in water-colours
1731
66
Wood, John George, 1768–1838
Footsteps to drawing, according to the rules of perspective
1816
67
Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844
The practice of drawing and painting landscape from nature, in water colours
1820
68
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1823
69
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Practical hints on portrait painting
1860
70
Varley, John, 1778–1842
Precepts of landscape drawing, exemplified in fifteen views
1818]
71
Instructions in the art of drawing and painting
[between 1782 and 1807]
72
Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
Flower painting made easy
[1760?]
73
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Elementary art, or, The use of the chalk and lead pencil advocated and explained
1846
74
Bolton, Hannah
Hannah Bolton's first drawing book
[1853]
75
Green, Benjamin Richard, 1808–1876
Illustrations of perspective
[184-?]
76
Steeley, Frank
Bacon's Excelsior first grade drawing cards
[1893?]
77
Munn, Paul Sandby, 1773–1845
Progressive lessons
1810
78
Principles of perspective
1812
79
Wells, John, 1757 or 1758–1843
An epitome of perspective
1817]
80
The art of drawing in perspective
1777
81
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Lessons on trees
MDCCCL [1850]
82
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
Proportion, or, The geometric principle of beauty, analysed
1843
83
Introduction to drawing ships
[1788]
84
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Copper plates used in Pyne's Etchings of rustic figures
1814, April 1-July 1
85
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
[Drawing book of trees]
1821.]
86
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
The youth's new London self-instructing drawing book
1834
87
Artist's sketchbook,
circa 1809?
88
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Perspective explained in a series of dialogues between the author's children George, Ann, Eliza and John
circa 1820
89
Artist, pseud., fl. 1780
The principles of drawing ornaments made easy
1780
90
Lock, Matthias, approximately 1710–1765
A new book of foliage
1769
91
Harley, George, 1791–1871
First principles of landscape drawing
1829
92
Bowles's new preceptor in drawing ..
[ca. 1799]
93
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Rules for drawing caricaturas
1789
94
The art of drawing in perspective
1755
95
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Elementary art, or, The use of the lead pencil advocated and explained
MDCCCXXXIV[1834]
96
Earp, Frederick, 1827–1897
The Brighton drawing book
[184-?]
97
Hamilton, George, writer on art
The elements of drawing, for the use of students
1812
98
Chalon, Henry Bernard, 1770–1849
Chalon's drawing book of animals and birds of every description
[1822?]
99
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints
1660
100
Shepherd, Charles C
Shepherd's portable slate desk
[1877?]
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