An essay on design: including proposals for erecting a public academy to be supported by voluntary subscription (till a royal foundation can be obtain'd) for educating the British youth in drawing, and the several arts depending thereon ...

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Gwynn, John, 1713-1786, An essay on design, 1749

Creator:: Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
Title(s):: An essay on design: including proposals for erecting a public academy to be supported by voluntary subscription (till a royal foundation can be obtain'd) for educating the British youth in drawing, and the several arts depending thereon ...
Published/Created:: London, Printed and sold by I. Brindley, 1749.
Physical Description:: vi, 92 p. ill., 21 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC705 G9
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/204933
Classification:: Books
Notes:: BAC : Frontispiece, head-pieces, and tailpiece by C. Grignion and E. Rooker, after S. Wale, G. Bonneau, and the author.
BAC : Head-pieces; tail piece.
Ex libris Howard C. Levis.
Subject Terms:: Design.
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
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