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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Burnet, John, 1784–1868
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Gartside, Mary
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Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Hildebrand, Adolf von, 1847–1921
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Kemp, Martin
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Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
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Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
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Wells, Rachel
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Willson, Harry, 19th cent
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19th century
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20th century
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drawing book
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aquatint
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handbooks and manual
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lithograph
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Composition (Art)
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Painting -- Technique.
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
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Color.
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Landscape drawing -- 19th century -- Great Britain.
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Perspective.
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Whittingham, C. -- Printer.
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Botanical illustration.
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Flowers in art.
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Painting -- Study and teaching.
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Arch (I. and A.) -- Publisher.
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Art -- Early works to 1800.
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Art -- Technique.
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Barfield, J. -- Printer.
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Barrett, Richard -- Printer.
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Bogue, David -- Publisher.
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Carpenter (James) and Son -- Publisher.
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Carpenter, James -- Publisher.
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Great Britain
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Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
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English
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Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The principles of design
1777
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Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Practical hints on composition in painting
1865
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Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
The sketcher's manual;
1837 [i.e., 1841]
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Burnet, John, 1784–1868
A practical treatise on painting
1827
5
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
The sketcher's manual, or, The whole art of picture making reduced to the simplest principles
1846
6
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Practical hints on composition in painting
1845
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Gartside, Mary
An essay on light and shade,
1805
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Burnet, John, 1784–1868
A practical treatise on painting
1830
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Gartside, Mary
An essay on a new theory of colours,
1808
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
The world in miniature
1817
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Willson, Harry, 19th cent
A practical treatise on composition, light and shade, and colour
MDCCCLI [1851]
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Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Artistic and picturesque groups for the embellishment of landscape
1817
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Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Practical hints on composition in painting
1836
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's world in miniature
1816
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Hildebrand, Adolf von, 1847–1921
The problem of form in painting and sculpture,
1907
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Wells, Rachel
Scale in contemporary sculpture
2013, ©2013
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Kemp, Martin
The science of art
1990