Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793
Title:
The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Published / Created:
London : Printed ... by Robert Sayer, Map, chart and printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street, 1786.
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates (one folded) : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC650 B6 1786+ Oversize

Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:581358
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : British Art Center copy is bound with: The artist's vade mecum. London : Robert Sayer, 1786.

Plates by Pierre Charles Ingouf, J.S. [i.e. John Spilsbury], Robert Pranker, M. Renoldson [i.e. Rennoldson], William Byrne, John Goldar, Robert Laurie, James Mason, John Pye, Robert Hancock, Edward Rooker, Smith, Ignace Fougeron, Antoine Benoist, John June, Henry Roberts, James Peake [i.e. Peak], and James Roberts; after Jean Baptiste Greuze, John Collet, John Cleveley, Johann Elias Ridinger, T. Collet, and James Roberts.

Earlier and later editions under titles: All draughtsmen's assistant and The draughtsman's assistant.
Subject Terms:
Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Leaton, Anthony -- Bookplate | Sayer, Robert -- Publisher
Form/Genre:
Handbooks and manuals. | Drawing books. | Soft-ground etchings -- 1786. | Engraving -- 1786. | Etchings -- 1786. | Mezzotints -- 1786.
Contributors:
Spilsbury, John, 1730?-1795?, etcher. | Pranker, Robert, engraver. | Rennoldson, engraver. | Byrne, William, 1743–1805, engraver. | Goldar, John, 1729–1795, engraver. | Laurie, Robert, 1755–1836, engraver. | Mason, James, 1710–1783, engraver. | Pye, John, 1745–, engraver. | Hancock, Robert, 1730–1817, engraver. | Rooker, Edward, 1712?-1774, engraver. | Smith, engraver. | Fougeron, Ignace, active 18th century-19th century, engraver. | Benoist, A. (Antoine), 1721–1770, engraver. | June, John. | Roberts, Henry, approximately 1710–approximately 1790, engraver. | Peak, James, 1729–1782?, engraver. | Roberts, James, 1725–1799, ill. | Collet, John, 1725?-1780, ill. | Cleveley, John, 1747–1786, ill. | Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698–1767, ill. | Collet, T., ill.