Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890

Title:

Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts / by William B. Scott ; with 50 illustrations engraved by W.J. Linton.

Alternate Title(s):

Fine and ornamental arts

Edition:

Second edition, revised by the author.

Published / Created:

London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1867.

Physical Description:

xii, 369 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
N5300 .S36 1867 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

Rare Books and Manuscripts
N5300 .S36 1867 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Spine title: Scott's half-hour lectures on art.

Half-title: The fine and ornamental arts.

Printed by Spottiswoode and Co.

BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Both are prize books in prize bindings, bound in blind- and gold-stamped brown morocco style binding, with gilt edges. Both bear prize label of the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education. Copy 1 presented to Benjamin Badger; copy 2 to Joe Johnson. Copy 2 also inscribed: J. Grogan of Beflast, dated 1918.

BEIN 2005 1264: Bookplate of William Fowler Hopson.

Subject Terms:

Art. | Art -- History. | Badger, Benjamin -- Prize award from Great Britain. Department of Science and Art. Committee of Council on Education. (Copy 1) | Johnson, Joe -- Prize award from Great Britain. Department of Science and Art. Committee of Council on Education, 1874. (Copy 2) | Grogan, J. -- Autograph, 1918. (Copy 1) | Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance (Copy 2) | Hopson, William Fowler, 1849–1935 -- Bookplate. | Great Britain. Dept. of Science and Art. Committee of Council on Education. -- Prize award to Benjamin Badger. (Copy 1) | Great Britain. Dept. of Science and Art. Committee of Council on Education. -- Prize award to Joe Johnson, 1874. (Copy 2) | Longmans, Green, and Co. -- Publisher. | Spottiswoode and Co. -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1867.

Form/Genre:

Prize books. | Prize bindings (Binding)

Contributors:

Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812–1897, engraver.