Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Savage, William, 1770-1843

Title:

Practical hints on decorative printing.

Published / Created:

[London, William Savage, 1818]

Physical Description:

1 p.., 52 p., 2 leaves. 18 col. plates. 38 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE2805 S36+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Friedman, J. Color printing in England, 1486-1870, 35-38

Selected exhibitions: "Color Printing in England, 1486-1870" (Yale Center for British Art, 20 April-25 June, 1978).

BAC : Colored head-pieces; tail-pieces.

BAC : Imperfect? Prefatory note, as called for by Burch, wanting.

BAC : Plates by J. Thompson, C. Nesbit, W. Hughes, and Branston; after J. Thurston, W.M. Craig, J. Varley, W. Hunt, and J.P. Neale; the arms of Earl Spencer drawn at the Heralds College and engraved by J. Berryman.--Cf. "Succinct description of the illustrations" in the 1822 ed.

Title from dedication.

Published by the author in 1818.--Cf. Burch, R.M. Colour printing and colour printers, London, 1910, pp. 115-121.

Issued without a t.-p. as Part I of Practical hints on decorative printing, which was published in full in 1822.--Cf. Burch.

Exhibition History:

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)

Subject Terms:

Color prints.