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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Burnet, John, 1784–1868
5
Gartside, Mary
3
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
2
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
2
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
2
Hildebrand, Adolf von, 1847–1921
1
Kemp, Martin
1
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
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Schinzel, Hiltrud
1
Wells, Rachel
1
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
1
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2013
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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
18
Free to Use
2
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18
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2
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Books
20
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unknown
20
Period
19th century
14
20th century
3
18th century
2
21st century
1
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drawing book
4
aquatint
2
handbooks and manual
1
lithograph
1
soft-ground etching
1
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Composition (Art)
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Painting -- Technique.
7
Color.
4
Drawing -- Technique.
4
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
3
Landscape drawing -- 19th century -- Great Britain.
3
Perspective.
3
Whittingham, C. -- Printer.
3
Art -- Early works to 1800.
2
Botanical illustration.
2
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
2
Flowers in art.
2
Human figure in art.
2
Painting -- Study and teaching.
2
Arch (I. and A.) -- Publisher.
1
Art -- Technique.
1
Barfield, J. -- Printer.
1
Barrett, Richard -- Printer.
1
Bogue, David -- Publisher.
1
Brook, Mrs. -- Provenance.
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19th century
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17th century
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18th century
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Great Britain
4
Exhibition History
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
1
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English
19
German
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Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The art of painting,
1738
2
Gartside, Mary
Ornamental groups, descriptive of flowers, birds, shells, fruit, insects, &c. and illustrative of a new theory of colouring,
1808 [that is, 1811?]
3
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
A practical treatise on painting
1827
4
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Practical hints on composition in painting
1865
5
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
The sketcher's manual;
1837 [i.e., 1841]
6
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
The sketcher's manual, or, The whole art of picture making reduced to the simplest principles
1846
7
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The principles of design
1777
8
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Practical hints on composition in painting
1845
9
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
A practical treatise on painting
1830
10
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's world in miniature
1816
11
Gartside, Mary
An essay on light and shade,
1805
12
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
The world in miniature
1817
13
Gartside, Mary
An essay on a new theory of colours,
1808
14
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Practical hints on composition in painting
1836
15
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Artistic and picturesque groups for the embellishment of landscape
1817
16
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
A practical treatise on composition, light and shade, and colour
MDCCCLI [1851]
17
Hildebrand, Adolf von, 1847–1921
The problem of form in painting and sculpture,
1907
18
Wells, Rachel
Scale in contemporary sculpture
2013, ©2013
19
Schinzel, Hiltrud
Raumprobleme des Ganzfigurenporträts in England von 1600 bis 1640
1980
20
Kemp, Martin
The science of art
1990