Period: 19th century / Subject Terms: Watercolor painting -- Technique.

1. An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour : with hints on light and shadow, on a method of study, etc., to be practically illustrated, when possible, by a series of lessons out of doors / by George Stubbs, of Alexander Square, Brompton ; with seventeen plates in tinted and chromo-lithography.

Creator:: Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Date:: [between 1862 and 1868]
Physical Description:: 12 pages, 17 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A new pocket sketch book : containing an easy method of drawing landscape, figures, cattle, &c. from nature : the general principles of perspective, accompanied with nine explanatory etchings : the theory and use of colours, in water and oil : with many necessary and practical rules for tinting, varnishing, &c. / by T.R. Guest.

A new pocket sketch book : containing an easy method of drawing landscape, figures, cattle, &c. from nature : the general principles of perspective, accompanied with nine explanatory etchings : the theory and use of colours, in water and oil : with many necessary and practical rules for tinting, varnishing, &c. / by T.R. Guest.

Creator:: Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: viii, 38, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees : with the process of sketching, and painting them in water colours / by Ls. Francia, member of the Liverpool Academy, painter in water colours to H.R.H. the Dutchess of York, and secretary to the Associated Painters in Water Colours.

Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees : with the process of sketching, and painting them in water colours / by Ls. Francia, member of the Liverpool Academy, painter in water colours to H.R.H. the Dutchess of York, and secretary to the Associated Painters in Water Colours.

Creator:: Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
Date:: 1813
Physical Description:: [24] p., 1, [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Six progressive lessons for flower painting : with letter-press directions for drawing and coloring of flowers upon botanical principles.

Date:: January 1, 1802
Physical Description:: 14, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Elements of drawing and painting in water colours; being a supplement to the elements of drawing and perspective, published in Chambers' educational course. By John Clark ...

Creator:: Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: viii, 194 p. 24 plates (part col., incl. front.) 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. An introduction to painting in water colours in theory and practice : with an index of mixed tints, remarks on the chemical properties and permanency of colours, etc., and a manual of lithography / by T.H. Fielding ...

Creator:: Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 144 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Hints to young practitioners, in the study of landscape painting : illustrated by five engravings intended to show the different stages of the neutral tint / by J.W. Alston ; to which are added instructions in the art of painting on velvet.

Creator:: Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Physical Description:: [6], 67, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape : for the use of those who are desirous of gaining some knowledge of the pleasing art of painting in water colours : to which are added some clear and simple rules, exemplified by suitable sketches and more finished painting : as this work is chiefly intended for the mere beginner, the rules are both familiar and progressive : to which are added, instructions for executing transparencies, in a style both novel and easy / by James Roberts.

Creator:: Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Date:: 1800
Physical Description:: [4], 36 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Studies of trees in pencil and in water colors. By J. Needham. Second series. Sixteen examples in pencil. Nine examples in colors. With a description of each tree, and full instructions for drawing and painting by an experienced teacher.

Creator:: Needham, J
Date:: [1895]
Physical Description:: 1 p., 52 p. ill. (part mounted and col.) 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. 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".

Creator:: Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: xvi, 79 p., 7 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The English school of painting in water-colours : its theory and practice. With the several stages of progression. Accompanied with forty-seven illustrations in the first style of chromo-lithography. By Aaron Penley ...

Creator:: Penley, Aaron Edwin, 1807–1870
Date:: 1880
Physical Description:: 2 p. l., [iii]-viii, [2], 130 p. mounted col. front., 46 col. plates mounted on 25 l. 56 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A course of water-colour painting / by R.P. Leitch.

Creator:: Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
Date:: [1884?]
Physical Description:: 36, [4] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Sketching from nature in water-colours / by Aaron Penley, author of "The English school of painting in water-colours," "Elements of perspective," "A system of painting in water-colours," etc. etc. ; with illustrations in chromo-lithography after original water-colour drawings.

Creator:: Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
Date:: [1875]
Physical Description:: [2], 36 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A guide to water colour painting / by R.P. Noble ; with an illustration in colours.

Creator:: Noble, R. P
Date:: 1850
Physical Description:: iv, 60, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. On the theory of painting : to which is added an index of mixed tints, and an introduction to painting in water-colours, with precepts / by T.H. Fielding.

Creator:: Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: xii, [9]-179 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The art of sketching from nature. By Philip H. Delamotte ...

Creator:: Delamotte, Philip Henry, 1820–1889
Date:: 1871
Physical Description:: vi, [2], 74 p. illus., 25 col. pl. (24 mounted; incl. front.) 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Practical illustration of Gilpin's day : representing the various effects on landscape scenery from morning till night, in thirty designs from nature / by the Rev. Wm. Gilpin ... ; with instructions in, and explanation of, the improved method of colouring, and painting in water colours, by John Heaviside Clark ...

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1811
Physical Description:: [6], vi, [31] p., 30 leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A guide to pictorial art : how to use the black lead pencil, chalks, and water colours : the capabilities of these materials, with every information necessary to put the student on the proper course for attaining excellence in the fine arts / by H. O'Neill.

Creator:: O'Neill, Henry, 1798–1880
Date:: 1849
Physical Description:: xii, 94 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A series of easy lessons in landscape drawing : contained in forty plates, arranged progressively from the first principles in the chalk manner to the finished landscape colours / by Samuel Prout.

Creator:: Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: 4 p., 40 leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Easy lessons in landscape drawing : contained in forty plates, arranged progressively, from the first principles in the chalk manner to the finished landscape colours / by Samuel Prout.

Creator:: Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:: [1819]
Physical Description:: 40 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours : with introductory illustrations on perspective and drawing with pencil.

Creator:: Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:: 1828
Physical Description:: 32 p., [19] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A series of progressive lessons : intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours : with introductory illustrations on perspective.

Creator:: Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: 30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A practical essay on the art of colouring and painting landscapes in water colours : accompanied with ten engravings / by John Heaviside Clark.

Creator:: Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: 25 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The progress of a water-coloured drawing : wherein is represented to the Learner the various gradation through which a drawing passes from the outline to its finished state : this work, consisting of fourteen tinted lessons, imitative of the original drawings which were made for the purpose of it by John Laporte ...

Creator:: Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:: [ca. 1811]
Physical Description:: vii, [22] p., [1], 14 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Groups of fruit : accurately drawn and coloured after nature, with full directions for the young artist : designed as a companion to the treatises on flowers and birds / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Brittanica, Treatise on flower painting, etc.

Creator:: Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: [16] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The art of flower painting, in easy lessons : with directions for preparing the tints, and examples of each subject in various stages, drawn and coloured from nature / by James Andrews.

Creator:: Andrews, James, 1806–1876
Date:: [1842]
Physical Description:: [4] p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Bryant's treatise on the use of indian ink and colours.

Creator:: Bryant, Joshua, fl. 1795–1810
Date:: 1808]
Physical Description:: 22 p. 17 (i.e. 18) pl. (12 col.) 34 x 48 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Hand book of the elements of painting in water colors : with practical instructions for mixing and shading the same.

Date:: 1843
Physical Description:: vi, 53, [4] p. ; 13 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A practical essay on flower painting in water colours / by Edward Pretty.

Creator:: Pretty, Edward, 1792–1865
Date:: 1812
Physical Description:: 28 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Groups of flowers : drawn and accurately coloured after nature : with full directions for the young artist, designed as a companion to the treatise on flower painting / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Britannica, Treatise on flower painting, &c.

Creator:: Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: 20 p., [12] leaves of plates. : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Studies of flowers from nature ... : a selection of subjects from the choicest exotics, painted after nature, with a correct outline of each and instructions for producing a facsimile of the finished drawing / by Miss Smith.

Creator:: Smith, Penelope
Date:: [ca. 1818]
Physical Description:: 3 p., [20] leaves, [41] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. The theory and practice of painting in oil and water colours for landscape and portraits : including the preparation of colours, vehicles,varnishes, etc., method of painting in wax, or encaustic : remarks on the chemical properties and permanency of colours, etc. : and a manual of lithography : illustrated with plain and coloured plates / by T.H. Fielding.

Creator:: Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: [i-v], vi-xii, [1], 2-236 p., [12], [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. A course of water-colour painting : with twenty-four coloured plates / from designs by R.P. Leitch.

Creator:: Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
Date:: [1880?]
Physical Description:: 36 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 x 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colour : with introductory illustrations on perspective and drawing with pencil.

Creator:: Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: 32 p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. The progress of a water-coloured drawing : wherein is represented to the reader the various gradation through which a drawing passes : from the outline to the finished state : the intention of this little work is to enable young people, where an eminent Master cannot be had, to cultivate the delightful art of drawing in colours with system and advantage.

Creator:: Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:: [ca. 1807?]
Physical Description:: vii, [22] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. The practice of drawing and painting landscape from nature, in water colours : exemplified in a series of instructions calculated to facilitate the progress of the learner, including the elements of perspective, their application in sketching from nature and the explanation of various processes of colouring, for producing from the outline a finished picture, with observations on the study of nature and various other matters relative to the arts / by Francis Nicholson.

Creator:: Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: iv, 91 p., [5] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Elements of drawing and painting in water colours : being supplement to the Elements of drawing and perspective, published in Chambers's educational course / by John Clark.

Creator:: Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:: 1857
Physical Description:: 212 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Advanced studies of flower painting in water colors. Reproduced from original drawings, specially made for the work by Ada Hanbury and other artists ... With full directions for copying the examples, general instructions on painting, and a description of each flower. By Blanche Hanbury.

Creator:: Hanbury, Blanche
Date:: 1885
Physical Description:: xvi, 56 p. ill. (part col. and mounted) 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The speculum, or, Art of drawing in water colours : with instructions for sketching from nature; comprising the whole process of a water-coloured drawing, familiarly exemplified in drawing, shadowing, and tinting a complete landscape, in all its progressive stages : with directions for compounding and using colours, sepia, indian ink, bister, etc. / by J.Hassell.

Creator:: Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: 32 p., [3] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Water colour without a master : upwards of two hundred examples of separate objects in landscape shown under various tints and afterwards composed into pictures : to which is added : an index of tints, showing at a glance the various powers of the several colours and their compounds / by Thomas Hatton ...

Creator:: Hatton, Thomas
Date:: 1857
Physical Description:: [2], viii, [14] p., [23] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting : illustrated by five engravings intended to show the different stages of the neutral tint / by J.W. Alston ; to which are added instructions in the art of painting on velvet.

Creator:: Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Date:: [1808?]
Physical Description:: 67, 16 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Elements of drawing and painting in water colours; being supplement to the Elements of drawing and perspective, pub. in Chambers's educational course.

Creator:: Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:: 1848
Physical Description:: xii, 212 p. plates (part. col.) 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Painting in water colours / by Henry Warren ... ; with numerous illustrations.

Creator:: Warren, Henry, 1794–1879
Date:: 1856
Physical Description:: 2 pts. (iv, 96 p., [4] leaves of plates) : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Rudiments of drawing, shadowing, and colouring flowers in water colours : contained in thirty-six instructive lessons, illustrated by twenty-nine plates from the outline of a single leaf progressively to the completion of a fine group : intended for beginners and students of this delightful art : with a description of colours used & the method of mixing them.

Date:: 1818 [i.e. 1817]
Physical Description:: [4], 36 p., [1], 29 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 42 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Vere Foster's advanced water-color drawing : highly finished chromograph plates of animals, flowers, landscape, marine etc. : in fac-simile of original drawings / specially made for this work by Harrison Weir, J. Callow, E. Duncan, F.E. Hulme, W.H. Fitch, J. Needham, W. French, &c. ; with instructions for painting.

Creator:: Foster, Vere, 1819–1900
Date:: [1873]
Physical Description:: [20] pt. : chiefly ill. ; 14 x 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Trees and how to paint them in watercolours / by W.H.J. Boot. ; with eighteen coloured plates and numerous wood engravings.

Creator:: Boot, W. H. J. (William Henry James), 1848–1918
Date:: 1883
Physical Description:: 24, [4] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. The art of landscape painting in water-colours / by Thomas Rowbotham ... and Thomas L. Rowbotham.

Creator:: Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson, 1783–1853
Date:: 1878
Physical Description:: 55 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours.

Creator:: Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:: 1812
Physical Description:: 30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. A guide to sketching from nature in water colours / by Leonidas Clint Miles ; with numerous illustrations, drawn on stone and wood by the author.

Creator:: Miles, Leonidas Clint
Date:: 1868
Physical Description:: 85, 48 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of flower painting in water colours.

Creator:: Francia, François Louis Thomas, 1772–1839
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 32 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Instructions for the mixture of water-colours, adapted to the various styles of miniature painting; and also to landscape, flower, and fruit painting. To which is added, the elements of painting in water-colours: treated so as to render the whole easy of attainment. By Henry Harrison, professor of painting.

Creator:: Harrison, Henry, artist
Date:: 1843
Physical Description:: vi, [2], 40 p. 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Elements of drawing and painting in water colours; being supplement to the elements of drawing and perspective, published in Chamber's educational course.

Creator:: Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:: 1841
Physical Description:: xii, 212 p. ill., 24 plates (part col., incl. front.) 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. The art of drawing and painting simplified ... By G. F. Phillips ...

Creator:: Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780–1867
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 2 p. [iii]-vi p., 1 leaf, 59 p. 18 pl. (part col.) col. table. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Hints for sketching trees from nature, in water colours : with numerous illustrations / by Thomas Hatton.

Creator:: Hatton, Thomas
Date:: [ca. 1890]
Physical Description:: [2], 61, [1] p., IX leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. The young artists assistant, or, A familiar introduction to the art of drawing, with instructions for colouring &c. / By J. Hassell, drawing master ; iIllustrated by plates displaying the first principles of the art, and a series of the passions, as expressed by the celebrated Le Brun.

Creator:: Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:: 1810
Physical Description:: viii p., 36 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Six birds : accurately drawn and coloured after nature with full instructions for the young artist : intended as a companion to the treatise on flower painting / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Brittanica, Treatise on flower painting, etc.

Creator:: Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: [18] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of painting in water colours: with introductory illustrations on perspective and drawing with pencil.

Creator:: Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: 2 p.., 3-24, [7] p. plates (part col. and fold.) 24 x 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours.

Creator:: Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:: 1811
Physical Description:: 30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Rukovodstvo kʺ risovanīi︠u︡ akvarelʹi︠u︡ ili vodi︠a︡nymi kraskami bezʺ pomoshchi uchiteli︠a︡ / sostavilʺ A.M. ; sʺ 9-i︠u︡ raskrashennymi tablit︠s︡ami.

Creator:: Maslov, Aleksandr
Date:: 1857
Physical Description:: [4], IV, [2], 132 pages, [4], 5 leaves of plates ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting : illustrated by five engravings intended to show the different stages of the neutral tint / by J.W. Alston ; to which are added instructions in the art of painting on velvet.

Creator:: Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 67 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Lessons on drawing, watercolors, and miniatures.

Creator:: Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
Date:: 1797-1803
Physical Description:: 2 v. ; 42 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Sketches in water colors, by various artists / T.M. Richardson, J.A. Houston ..., R.P. Leitch, T.L. Rowbotham, Edward Duncan, J. Needham ; comprising nine colored plates, with full instructions for copying, and eight sketches in black and white.

Date:: [1881]
Physical Description:: [2], 46 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. The art of landscape painting in water colours / by Thomas Rowbotham ... and Thomas L. Rowbotham, Jun. ...

Creator:: Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson, 1783–1853
Date:: 1850
Physical Description:: vii, 47 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. Dibdin's progressive lessons in water-colour painting.

Creator:: Dibdin, Thomas Colman, 1810–1893
Date:: 1848
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 4 p. plates (part. col.) 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Practical lessons in watercolour painting / by N.E. Green ; in six parts, (each part containing a subject in four states).

Creator:: Green, N. E. (Nathaniel Everett), 1823–1899
Date:: [1865]
Physical Description:: 6 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 25 x 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of painting in water colours : with introductory illustrations on perspective and drawing with pencil.

Creator:: Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:: 1841
Physical Description:: 24 p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Rudiments of landscape drawing : in a series of easy examples / by W.H. Pyne.

Creator:: Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:: 1812
Physical Description:: [2], 22 p., 13, [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Mr. Taylor's method of coloring.

Date:: Sept. 1838
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet (1 page) ; 24 x 38 cm, folded to 24 x 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. [Sketchbook, with pen and ink watercolor studies of figures, heads, and rural and classical figures].

Creator:: Purcell, Edward, fl. 1812–1831
Date:: [ca. 1829?]
Physical Description:: [12] leaves ; 24 x 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. 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 ... : to which is added the practice of the pencil, chalk, tinted and water-colour drawing / by R. Dagley ...

Creator:: Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: [8], xvi, 79 p., 7 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. The speculum, or, Art of drawing in water colours : and instructions for sketching from nature : comprising the whole process of a water-coloured drawing, familiarly exemplified in drawing, shadowing, and tinting a complete landscape, in all its progressive stages : with directions for compounding and using colours, sepia, indian ink, bister, etc. / by J.Hassell.

Creator:: Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:: 1810
Physical Description:: 56 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. A practical essay on the art of colouring, and painting landscapes in water colours, with ten illustrative engravings / by John Heaviside Clark.

Creator:: Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: [4], 28 p., X leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. Camera, or, art of drawing in water colours : with instructions for sketching from nature : comprising the whole process of water-colored drawing : familiarly exemplified in drawing, shadowing, and tinting a complete landscape, in all its progressive states : and directions for compounding and using colours, sepia, indian ink, bister, &c / by J. Hassell.

Creator:: Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: iv, [5]-32 p., [3] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. A system of water-colour painting : being a complete exposition of the present advanced state of the arts, as exhibited in the works of the modern water-colour school / by Aaron Penley ; member of the New Society of Painters in Water-colours.

Creator:: Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
Date:: 1851
Physical Description:: 63 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Landseer and animal painting in England, by W.J. Loftie. With reproductions of celebrated pictures by George Morland, Sir E. Landseer, H.W.B. Davis, Briton Riviere, and Walter Hunt. Practical hints for drawing and painting animals, by Stephen T. Dadd.

Creator:: Loftie, W. J. (William John), 1839–1911
Date:: [1891?]
Physical Description:: 82 p. illus. (part col.) 31 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

76. Studies in animal painting : with eighteen coloured plates, from watercolour drawings / by Frederick Tayler.

Creator:: Tayler, Frederick, 1802–1889
Date:: 1884
Physical Description:: 24 p., [18] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

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4. Six progressive lessons for flower painting : with letter-press directions for drawing and coloring of flowers upon botanical principles.

5. Elements of drawing and painting in water colours; being a supplement to the elements of drawing and perspective, published in Chambers' educational course. By John Clark ...

6. An introduction to painting in water colours in theory and practice : with an index of mixed tints, remarks on the chemical properties and permanency of colours, etc., and a manual of lithography / by T.H. Fielding ...

7. Hints to young practitioners, in the study of landscape painting : illustrated by five engravings intended to show the different stages of the neutral tint / by J.W. Alston ; to which are added instructions in the art of painting on velvet.

9. Studies of trees in pencil and in water colors. By J. Needham. Second series. Sixteen examples in pencil. Nine examples in colors. With a description of each tree, and full instructions for drawing and painting by an experienced teacher.

11. The English school of painting in water-colours : its theory and practice. With the several stages of progression. Accompanied with forty-seven illustrations in the first style of chromo-lithography. By Aaron Penley ...

12. A course of water-colour painting / by R.P. Leitch.

13. Sketching from nature in water-colours / by Aaron Penley, author of "The English school of painting in water-colours," "Elements of perspective," "A system of painting in water-colours," etc. etc. ; with illustrations in chromo-lithography after original water-colour drawings.

14. A guide to water colour painting / by R.P. Noble ; with an illustration in colours.

15. On the theory of painting : to which is added an index of mixed tints, and an introduction to painting in water-colours, with precepts / by T.H. Fielding.

16. The art of sketching from nature. By Philip H. Delamotte ...

18. A guide to pictorial art : how to use the black lead pencil, chalks, and water colours : the capabilities of these materials, with every information necessary to put the student on the proper course for attaining excellence in the fine arts / by H. O'Neill.

19. A series of easy lessons in landscape drawing : contained in forty plates, arranged progressively from the first principles in the chalk manner to the finished landscape colours / by Samuel Prout.

20. Easy lessons in landscape drawing : contained in forty plates, arranged progressively, from the first principles in the chalk manner to the finished landscape colours / by Samuel Prout.

21. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours : with introductory illustrations on perspective and drawing with pencil.

22. A series of progressive lessons : intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours : with introductory illustrations on perspective.

23. A practical essay on the art of colouring and painting landscapes in water colours : accompanied with ten engravings / by John Heaviside Clark.

25. Groups of fruit : accurately drawn and coloured after nature, with full directions for the young artist : designed as a companion to the treatises on flowers and birds / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Brittanica, Treatise on flower painting, etc.

26. The art of flower painting, in easy lessons : with directions for preparing the tints, and examples of each subject in various stages, drawn and coloured from nature / by James Andrews.

27. Bryant's treatise on the use of indian ink and colours.

28. Hand book of the elements of painting in water colors : with practical instructions for mixing and shading the same.

29. A practical essay on flower painting in water colours / by Edward Pretty.

30. Groups of flowers : drawn and accurately coloured after nature : with full directions for the young artist, designed as a companion to the treatise on flower painting / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Britannica, Treatise on flower painting, &c.

31. Studies of flowers from nature ... : a selection of subjects from the choicest exotics, painted after nature, with a correct outline of each and instructions for producing a facsimile of the finished drawing / by Miss Smith.

33. A course of water-colour painting : with twenty-four coloured plates / from designs by R.P. Leitch.

34. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colour : with introductory illustrations on perspective and drawing with pencil.

37. Elements of drawing and painting in water colours : being supplement to the Elements of drawing and perspective, published in Chambers's educational course / by John Clark.

38. Advanced studies of flower painting in water colors. Reproduced from original drawings, specially made for the work by Ada Hanbury and other artists ... With full directions for copying the examples, general instructions on painting, and a description of each flower. By Blanche Hanbury.

41. Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting : illustrated by five engravings intended to show the different stages of the neutral tint / by J.W. Alston ; to which are added instructions in the art of painting on velvet.

42. Elements of drawing and painting in water colours; being supplement to the Elements of drawing and perspective, pub. in Chambers's educational course.

43. Painting in water colours / by Henry Warren ... ; with numerous illustrations.

46. Trees and how to paint them in watercolours / by W.H.J. Boot. ; with eighteen coloured plates and numerous wood engravings.

47. The art of landscape painting in water-colours / by Thomas Rowbotham ... and Thomas L. Rowbotham.

48. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours.

49. A guide to sketching from nature in water colours / by Leonidas Clint Miles ; with numerous illustrations, drawn on stone and wood by the author.

50. A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of flower painting in water colours.

52. Elements of drawing and painting in water colours; being supplement to the elements of drawing and perspective, published in Chamber's educational course.

53. The art of drawing and painting simplified ... By G. F. Phillips ...

54. Hints for sketching trees from nature, in water colours : with numerous illustrations / by Thomas Hatton.

55. The young artists assistant, or, A familiar introduction to the art of drawing, with instructions for colouring &c. / By J. Hassell, drawing master ; iIllustrated by plates displaying the first principles of the art, and a series of the passions, as expressed by the celebrated Le Brun.

56. Six birds : accurately drawn and coloured after nature with full instructions for the young artist : intended as a companion to the treatise on flower painting / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Brittanica, Treatise on flower painting, etc.

57. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of painting in water colours: with introductory illustrations on perspective and drawing with pencil.

58. A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours.

59. Rukovodstvo kʺ risovanīi︠u︡ akvarelʹi︠u︡ ili vodi︠a︡nymi kraskami bezʺ pomoshchi uchiteli︠a︡ / sostavilʺ A.M. ; sʺ 9-i︠u︡ raskrashennymi tablit︠s︡ami.

60. Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting : illustrated by five engravings intended to show the different stages of the neutral tint / by J.W. Alston ; to which are added instructions in the art of painting on velvet.

61. Lessons on drawing, watercolors, and miniatures.

62. Sketches in water colors, by various artists / T.M. Richardson, J.A. Houston ..., R.P. Leitch, T.L. Rowbotham, Edward Duncan, J. Needham ; comprising nine colored plates, with full instructions for copying, and eight sketches in black and white.

63. The art of landscape painting in water colours / by Thomas Rowbotham ... and Thomas L. Rowbotham, Jun. ...

64. Dibdin's progressive lessons in water-colour painting.

65. Practical lessons in watercolour painting / by N.E. Green ; in six parts, (each part containing a subject in four states).

66. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of painting in water colours : with introductory illustrations on perspective and drawing with pencil.

67. Rudiments of landscape drawing : in a series of easy examples / by W.H. Pyne.

68. Mr. Taylor's method of coloring.

69. [Sketchbook, with pen and ink watercolor studies of figures, heads, and rural and classical figures].

72. A practical essay on the art of colouring, and painting landscapes in water colours, with ten illustrative engravings / by John Heaviside Clark.

74. A system of water-colour painting : being a complete exposition of the present advanced state of the arts, as exhibited in the works of the modern water-colour school / by Aaron Penley ; member of the New Society of Painters in Water-colours.

75. Landseer and animal painting in England, by W.J. Loftie. With reproductions of celebrated pictures by George Morland, Sir E. Landseer, H.W.B. Davis, Briton Riviere, and Walter Hunt. Practical hints for drawing and painting animals, by Stephen T. Dadd.

76. Studies in animal painting : with eighteen coloured plates, from watercolour drawings / by Frederick Tayler.