Lucas, Fielding, Jr., 1781-1854, Lucas' progressive drawing book, in three parts , 1827
- Title(s):
- Lucas' progressive drawing book, in three parts : ... consisting chiefly of original views of American scenery, and embracing the latest and best improvements in the mode of instruction.
- Additional Title(s):
- Progressive drawing book
- Published/Created:
- Baltimore : Published by Fielding Lucas, Junr, no. 138 Market Street, 1827.
[Baltimore] : John D. Toy, printer, [1827] - Physical Description:
- 3 volumes in 1 : illustrations ; 24 x 37 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsNC710 .L83 1827+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1280693
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- With added engraved title-pages.
Part 1 copyright Jan. 1, 1827 by Fielding Lucas; pt. 2 copyright Sept. 1, 1827 by Fielding Lucas; pt. 3 does not have a copyright statement.
Half-title: Progressive drawing book. The half-title is engraved, with a hand-colored aquatint signed "E. Van Blon" (i.e., John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe), "Hill sculp." (i.e., John Hill), and "J. Grierson" (printer).
Part 3 has engraved half-title: Practical perspective.
Part 1: vi, [30] p., [1], XV leaves of plates. Pages [2], [10], [18] numbered 6, 14, 22. Part 2: iv, [1], 6-54, [2], 61-64 [i.e., 61-68] p. XVII leaves of plates. Page 68 misnumbered 64. Part 3: 30 p., [1], VI leaves of plates.
Plates in part. 1 are engraved by Joseph Cone; plates in part. 2 are engraved by John Hill after illustrations by "E. Van Blon" (John H.B. Latrobe); plates in part. 3 are signed by J.D. Nicholson.
Includes a poem, "The colours," by "E. Van Blon" (John H.B. Latrobe), pt. 2, p. [65]-66.
Includes landscape drawings of scenes in Maryland, the Hudson River, and the Mississippi River.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original red half roan with marbled boards. Title printed in black on orange paper label on front cover. Bookplate: Ammi B. Young, Lebanon. - Subject Terms:
- ColorDrawing -- Handbooks.Drawing -- Study and teaching.Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Pictorial works.Landscape drawingMaryland -- Pictorial works.Mississippi River -- Pictorial works.Perspective.Picture booksYoung, Ammi B. -- Bookplate.
- Form/Genre:
- Drawing books.
Aquatints -- 1827.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1827.
Soft-ground etchings -- 1827.
Engravings -- 1827. - Export:
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- Part I. The principles of drawing in pencil
- Part II. Colouring and shading in india ink
- Part III. A treatise on perspective.
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