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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
4
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
2
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
2
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
2
Blunt, Charles
1
Brown, Richard, architect
1
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
1
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
1
Lamy, Bernard, 1640–1715
1
Malton, James, d. 1803
1
Merigot, James
1
Nicholson, Peter, 1765–1844
1
Oram, William, d. 1777
1
Puckett, R. Campbell (Robert Campbell)
1
Taylor, Elias
1
Wood, John
1
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1710
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1876
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
20
Free to Use
3
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Unavailable
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Available
3
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
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unknown
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Period
19th century
22
18th century
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Work Type
drawing book
15
aquatint
4
handbooks and manual
4
lithograph
3
wood engraving
3
armorial bookplates (provenance)
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engraving
2
etching
2
manuals (handbooks)
2
ink drawing
1
soft-ground etching
1
Subject Terms
Perspective -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Drawing books -- Specimens.
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Painting -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Study and teaching.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Landscape drawing -- Technique.
4
Perspective -- Study and teaching.
4
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
3
Harrison, L. -- Printer.
3
Landscape painting -- Study and teaching.
3
Shades and shadows.
3
Landscape drawing -- Study and teaching.
2
Leigh, J.C. -- Printer.
2
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
2
Painting -- Study and teaching.
2
Shades and shadows -- Technique.
2
Taylor, J. -- Publisher.
2
Ackermann and Co. -- Publisher.
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19th century
4
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Great Britain
6
England
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London
4
Brighton
1
Ireland
1
Shrewsbury
1
Associated People
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
1
Hennell, Harriet
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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)
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Language
English
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Oram, William, d. 1777
Precepts and observations on the art of colouring in landscape painting
1810
2
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
3
Malton, James, d. 1803
The young painter's maulstick
1800
4
Merigot, James
Treatise on practical perspective
1819
5
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]
6
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
A familiar treatise on perspective
1807
7
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application
[1856]
8
Puckett, R. Campbell (Robert Campbell)
Sciography, or, Radial projection of shadows
1871
9
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1848
10
Wood, John
An elementary treatise on sketching from nature
[1850]
11
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
12
Principles of perspective
1812
13
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
Sciography, or, Examples of shadows
1842
14
Blunt, Charles
An essay on mechanical drawing
1811
15
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Perspective explained in a series of dialogues between the author's children George, Ann, Eliza and John
circa 1820
16
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
A familiar treatise on perspective,
1810
17
Nicholson, Peter, 1765–1844
The rudiments of practical perspective
1822
18
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Progressive fragments
1817
19
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1838
20
Taylor, Elias
An easy and familiar treatise on the art of drawing in perspective
1831
21
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application
[1856]
22
Brown, Richard, architect
The principles of practical perspective, or, Scenographic projection
1815
23
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1876