Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
Title:
A compendium of the theory and practice of drawing and painting : illustrated by the technical terms in art : with practical observations on the essential lines and the forms connected with them : adapted to the earliest state of instruction for the use of school or private tuition : to which is added, the practice of the pencil, chalk, tinted, and water-colour drawing / by R. Dagley ; author of "Select gems from the antique".
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Pinnock and Maunder, Mentoriam Press, 267, Strand, by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court, Strand, 1819.
Physical Description:
xvi, 79 p., 7 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC710 .D2 1819+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Eng. cat. of books. Prelim. vol., p. 150

BAC: Small sketch of rural scene done in graphite laid in.

BAC: In original boards. Label mounted on cover with title. Inscribed on front fly leaf: Clarissa Lumley Delafield.

Illustrations by and after Richard Dagley.
Subject Terms:
Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Painting -- Technique. | Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Watercolor painting -- Technique. | Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Pinnock and Maunder -- Publisher. | Clowes, W. -- Printer. | Delafield, Clarissa Lumley -- Autograph | Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- 1819. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1819.
Form/Genre:
Handbooks and manuals.
Contributors:
Dagley, Richard, d. 1841, ill.