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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Creator
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808–1889
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Cousin, Jehan, ca. 1522–ca. 1593
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Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
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Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
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Luttrell, Edward
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P. L
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Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
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Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
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Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
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1847
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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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Unavailable
19
Classification
Books
17
Archives & Manuscripts
2
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unknown
19
Period
17th century
8
18th century
7
19th century
4
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drawing book
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handbooks and manual
18
engraving
5
ink drawing
2
aquatint
1
etching
1
miniature books (printing)
1
publisher's advertisement
1
wash drawing
1
wood engraving
1
woodcut
1
Subject Terms
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Painting -- Technique.
18
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
12
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
12
Colors.
5
Anatomy, Artistic.
4
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528.
3
Glass painting and staining.
2
Workshop recipes -- Early works to 1800.
2
Anatomy, Artistic -- Early works to 1800.
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Art -- Early works to 1800.
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Ashfield, Edmund, active 1673–1700.
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Beeton, Mayson M., Sir -- Bookplate.
1
Borrowman, Jophn, Jr. -- Provenance.
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Borrowman, Rosamond, -1895 -- Pres. insc. from Jessie Freeman, 1879.
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Buckingham -- Autograph.
1
Chadwyck-Healey, Oliver Nowell, 1886–1960 -- Bookplate.
1
Collins, F. -- Printer.
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18th century
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England
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London
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Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
3
Ashfield, Edmund, active 1673–1700
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
1
Luttrell, Dorothy
1
Luttrell, Edward
1
Osborn, William
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Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
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)
2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
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English
18
French
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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
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Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The principles of design
1777
3
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
1731
4
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1668
5
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape
1800
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Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
[1698]
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A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints
1660
8
Instructions in the art of drawing and painting
[between 1782 and 1807]
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Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
The gentlemans exercise, or, An exquisite practise
1634
10
P. L
The English academy
1672
11
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1688
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Arts companion, or A new assistant for the ingenious,
1749
13
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808–1889
The American drawing-book
1847
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The young artist's complete magazine, for the instruction of the young of both sexes, or, A complete body of the polite and useful arts
[1785?]
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Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The first booke of drawing & limning
circa 1700?
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A new drawing book engrav'd from the curious designs of that great master M. Poilly
[approximately 1730]
17
Cousin, Jehan, ca. 1522–ca. 1593
L'art de dessiner
MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
18
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
A treatise on painting
1802
19
Luttrell, Edward
An epitome of painting
1683