print;
drawing book
- Museum number
- 1887,0722.390-398
- Description
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A collection of 9 small drawing books:
'The artist's Assistant in Drawing Perspective, Etching in Copper & Steel, Engraving, Metzotinto Scraping, Painting on Glass, in Crayons, in Watercolours, and on Silk and Satin' (London: R. H. Laurie) 1826;
'J. Royles's Lithographic Drawing Book, containing a new series of progressive studies on Flowers, Fruit, Shells, Figures, Trees, Landscapes, &c. &c. To be completed in about twenty-four numbers, To be published every alternate week. (London: J. Royle) c.1821;
'The Young Artist's Preceptor, for Drawing and Painting in Water Colours, with instructions for executing Transparencies, Varnishing & c.' (London: J.L. Marks);
'A New Introduction to the Art of Drawing: Collected from the most free and easy designs of the best masters. With short Instructions for the use of Schools. Part I.' (London: R. Caldwell);
'Smeeton's juvenile Drawing Book.' (London: G. Smeeton);
'Drawing Books for the instruction of Youth' (Glasgow: Lumsden & Son's);
'The Youth's New Drawing Book. Shells. The Nautilus - Admiral - Ducal Mantle - Mitre. N.1, contains shipping - 2.fruit - 3.Flowers - 4.Shipping' (London G. Smeeton);
'The Art of Drawing without a Master, from Mons.r Le Clerc.' (London: R. H. Laurie) 1825;
'N.IV Marine Views and Studies of Shipping.' (London: W. Cole) 1825.
Conserved in a British Museum leather box, with other examples of drawing-books.
Woodcut, lithograph, etching, hand-colouring, wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1820s (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 225 millimetres (amd smaller)
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Width: 290 millimetres (and smaller)
- Curator's comments
- This collection of booklets is conserved inside a box with a number of similar objects that are from different register number runs, so for this reason catalogued individually.
Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1887,0722.390-398