Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Hamilton, George, writer on art
Title:
The elements of drawing, for the use of students : illustrated by fifty-one engravings, plain and coloured, containing several hundred examples from the works of the greatest masters / by George Hamilton, drawing-master.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Richard Phillips, 1812.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC950 H34 1812 copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC950 H34 1812 copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC950 H34 1812 copy 3
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 135

BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Copy 2 is bound in original boards, as issued. Bookplate of Anthony Lefroy. Copy 3 is bound in original boards, as issued. Label mounted inside front cover: G.W. Wetton, Bookseller, Stationer & Binder, Maidenhead, Berks.

Printed by G. Sidney, Northumberland-Street, Strand, London.

Illustrations by T.L. Busby, and Lewis; after Varley.
Subject Terms:
Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Phillips, Richard -- Publisher. | Sidney, G. -- Printer. | Lefroy, Antony -- Bookplate. | Wetton, G.W.
Form/Genre:
Handbooks and manuals. | Drawing books. | Aquatints -- 1812. | Soft-ground etchings -- 1812. | Stipple engravings -- 1812.
Contributors:
Busby, T.L. (Thomas Lord), engraver. | Lewis, engraver. | Varley, ill.