Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Hamilton, George, writer on art
Title:
The elements of drawing in its various branches, for the use of students : illustrated by fifty engravings, plain and colored, containing several hundred examples from the works of the greatest masters / by George Hamilton.
Edition:
A new edition.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. ..., 1827.
Physical Description:
viii, 92 p., [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC590 H35 1827
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Printed by Shackell and Baylis, Johnson's-Court.

Illustrations by T. L. Busby; after Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Raphael, Charles Le Brun and George Morland.

Some illustrations after Varley.
Subject Terms:
Drawing -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain. | Drawing -- 19th century -- Great Britain. | Drawing books -- Specimens. | Phillips, R (Richard) Sir, and Co. -- Publisher. | Shackell and Baylis -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1827. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1827. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1827.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1827. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1827.
Contributors:
Busby, T. L. (Thomas Lord), engraver. | Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727–1785, ill. | Raphael, 1483–1520, ill. | Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690, ill. | Morland, George, 1763–1804, ill. | Varley, ill.