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Creator:
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
Title(s):
The art of drawing and colouring from nature : birds, beasts, fishes, and insects / by Nathaniel Whittock ... ; with plain and coloured drawings from original paintings by Morland, Vernet, Howet, Le Cave, &c.
Published/Created:
London : Isaac Taylor Hinton, 1830.
Physical Description:
[4], 96 p., [48] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC815 W533 1830+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC815 W533 1830+Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC815 W53 1829+ Copy 3 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 189.
BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in gold- stamped maroon morocco binding. Binding label of Elias Taylor, 59, Western Road, Brighton. Copy 2 appears to be a variant issue; plates are bound in slightly different order and slightly different state. Copy 3 is bound with: Art of drawing and colouring from nature, flowers, fruit, and shells / by Nathaniel Whittock. London : Isaac Taylor Hinton, 1829.
Bridson D458.
Printed by J.R. Clay, Printer, Bread Street Hill, Cheapside.
Plates are in uncolored and colored states.
Whittock was one of the first to publish lithograph illustrations systematically colored by hand. Cf. Abbey.
Subject Terms:
Botanical illustration.
Clay, J.R. -- Printer.
Color -- Study and teaching.
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
Hinton, Isaac Taylor -- Publisher.
Landscape painting -- Technique.
Painting -- Technique.
Taylor, Elias -- Binder. (copy 1).
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- 1830.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1830.
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