Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804
Title:
Two essays : one on the author's mode of executing rough sketches : the other on the principles on which they are composed : to these are added three plates of figures by Sawrey Gilpin ... / by William Gilpin.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for and sold by T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804.
Physical Description:
43 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC790 G55 1804
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"These essays are introduced by an Account of the parish-school at Boldre, near Lymington, for the endowment of which the essays and drawings are sold."

[1] p. publisher's catalogue on verso of final page of text.

Printed by A. Strahan, Printer's Street, London.

BAC: Bound with: Catalogue of drawings, and books, of drawings, to be sold (on Thursday the 6th of May 1802) for the endowment of a parish-school, at Boldre, near Lymington, in Hampshire. London : T. Cadell, 1802.

Gilpin's essay first appeared in 1802 under title: Author's account of the principles on which the drawings are executed.

Barbier, C. William Gilpin, p. 172-173.
Subject Terms:
Landscape painting. | Landscape drawing. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Cadell, T. -- Publisher. | Strahan, A. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books. | Soft-ground etchings -- 1804. | Etchings -- 1804.
Contributors:
Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733–1807, engraver.