Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
Title:
An introduction to the art of drawing, neatly engraved by G. Bickham: on thirty-six plates.
Published / Created:
London, Printed for Robert Sayer [17--]
Physical Description:
1 p.., 35 plates on 34 leaves. 23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC735 B5
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : Plates 29 and 31 appear together on a single leaf.

BAC : One plate after Barlow.

Published after 1745 when the publisher set up his establishment at 53 Fleet Street.--Cf. Maxted, Ian. The London Book Trades 1775-1800. Folkestone, Eng., 1977.
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Subject Terms:
Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books.