Rare Books and ManuscriptsNC650 .F8 1832Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Some plates are signed J. or Josh. Fussell. At least three plates are after Le Brun. One plate dated 1832.Cover title.Description based on volumes at the Yale Center for British Art. YCBA holdings include 2 volumes (unnumbered), with identical cover titles. The first volume is entirely engraved; some plates are signed J. or Josh. Fussell, and three are after Le Brun. One plate in this volume is dated 1832. The second volume is entirely lithographed; all plates are unsigned and undated. BAC: British Art Center copy (both volumes) bound in publisher's original red quarter roan and green cloth, with title stamped in gilt on front cover. Volume 1 with the bookplate of Pickford Waller, 1908. Volume 2 has autograph: Galabeie (?).Drawing manuals for children. Subject include rural scenes, farm animals, cottages, human figures, as well as childrens' toys, windows, a cricket bat, shuttlecock, kite and arrow, watering can, flowerpots, and bellows.
Subject Terms:
Drawing books -- Specimens. | Drawing -- Study and teaching. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Waller, Pickford -- Bookplate, 1908.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- 1832. | Engravings -- 1832. | Drawing books -- England -- London -- 1832.
