A practical illustration of Gilpin's day : representing the various effects on landscape scenery from morning till night, in thirty designs from nature / by the late Rev. Wm. Gilpin ... ; with instructions in, and explanation of, the improved method of colouring, and painting in water colours by John Heaviside Clark.
Published / Created:
London : Published for the proprietors, by Priestley and Weale, No. 5, High Street, Bloomsbury, 1824.
Physical Description:
[4], vi, [34] p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsND2240 .G55 1824+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Originally published by Edward Orme in 1811. The 1824 edition is a reissue of the plates with a new title page, published for 'the proprietors'. Cf. Bicknell.Each plate accompanied by a letterpress page of instructions.Printed by J. Hayes, Dartmouth Street, Westminster.Bicknell, P. Gilpin to Ruskin, 9Hardie, M. English coloured books, p. 119Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 146Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 110BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in contemporary marbled boards; rebacked.
Subject Terms:
Landscape painting -- Technique. | Landscape painting, English -- 19th century. | Watercolor painting, English. | Watercolor painting -- Study and teaching. | Watercolor painting -- 19th century. | Drawing books -- Specimens. | Priestley and Weale -- Publisher. | Hayes, J. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1824. | Drawing books -- England -- London -- 1824.