Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852
Title:
Bits for beginners / by Samuel Prout ; 21 plates with 100 studies of rustic scenery, picturesque old houses, cottages, ruins, castles, churches, porches, archways, bridges, waterfalls, etc.
Published / Created:
[London] : Ackerman's Repository, 101, Strand, 1817.
Physical Description:
[2] p., 24 leaves : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC705 .P76 1817+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraved throughout.

Plates dated April 1-July 1, 1817.

Archer, J. British domestic architecture, 264.1

BAC: British Art Center copy in original printed boards.
Subject Terms:
Perspective. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Ackerman's Repository -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books. | Soft-ground etchings -- 1817.
Contributors:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852, ill.