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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
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Perkins, Elizabeth Steele
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Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780–1867
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Andrews, James, 1806–1876
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Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808–1889
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Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
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Everard, Anne
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Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
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Hareux, Ernest, 1847–1909
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Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
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La Cave, P. (Peter)
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
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Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Free to Use
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Books
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unknown
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Period
19th century
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drawing book
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lithograph
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handbooks and manual
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aquatint
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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engraving
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etching
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publisher's advertisement
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soft-ground etching
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wood engraving
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color wheel
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manuals (handbooks)
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publishers' advertisement
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stipple engraving
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subscriber's list
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textbook
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Painting -- 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 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Landscape painting -- Study and teaching.
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Perspective -- Technique.
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Painting -- Study and teaching.
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Botanical illustration -- Great Britain.
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Color -- Study and teaching.
3
Landscape painting -- Technique.
3
Shades and shadows.
3
Watercolor painting -- 19th century -- Great Britain.
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Flowers in art -- Great Britain.
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J. and C. Adlard -- Printer.
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Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Watercolor painting -- Technique.
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Ackermann and Co. -- Publisher.
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Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 -- Bookseller.
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19th century
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Great Britain
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England
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London
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Europe
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Associated People
Jones, S. J. E. (Samuel John Egbert), fl. 1820–1845
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
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Liston, John, 1776–1846
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
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English
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Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
A new pocket sketch book
1807
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The principles of drawing and painting
1811
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Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape
1800
4
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
5
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
Lessons in flower painting.
[1836]
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Everard, Anne
Flowers from nature
1835
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1848
8
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
A series of practical instructions in landscape painting in water colours
1827
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Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780–1867
Principles of effect and colour as applicable to landscape painting
1833
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Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808–1889
The American drawing-book
1847
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Perkins, Elizabeth Steele
Elements of drawing and flower painting
1835
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Sketches at home and abroad
1844
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Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780–1867
Principles of effect and colour
[ca. 1840]
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Hareux, Ernest, 1847–1909
Practical manual of painting in oil colours
[between 1880 and 1895]
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1838
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La Cave, P. (Peter)
Fores's new chalk drawing-book of studies of trees, landscape, animals, figures, buildings, &c.
[1801]
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
A treatise on painting
1802
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Perkins, Elizabeth Steele
Elements of drawing and flower painting
1834
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc.
1876