A touch at the fine arts : illustrated by twelve plates, with descriptions / by Henry Alken.
Published / Created:
London : Published by Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, No. 26, Haymarket, 1824.
Physical Description:
[16] leaves, 12 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts NC1763.A65 A4 1824 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundRare Books and Manuscripts NC1763.A65 A4 1824 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Illustrations are colored soft-ground etchings after Henry Thomas Alken."Spoting, and highly amusing works and prints, of a superior class and novel kind, lately published by Thomas M'Lean ...": [1] leaf at end.BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in publisher's original pink printed boards.BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in publisher's original pink printed boards, with red roan (?) back and corners."An attempt to elucidate, by graphic delineations, a variety of terms generally and perhaps exclusively made use of by artists, amateurs, connoisseurs, virtuosos, and the like ...."--Preface.
Subject Terms:
Art -- Caricatures and cartoons. | Painting -- Anecdotes. | Aesthetics -- Anecdotes. | Art criticism -- Anecdotes.