Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825, Camera, or, art of drawing in water colours , 1823
- Title(s):
- 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.
- Additional Title(s):
Camera.
Art of drawing in water colours.- Published/Created:
- London : Printed by James Drury, 70, Fleet Street, for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall ..., 1823.
- Physical Description:
- iv, [5]-32 p., [3] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsND2420 H37 1823 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsND2420 H37 1823 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsND2420 H37 1823 Copy 3Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3335961
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Gilpin to Ruskin / exhibition selected and catalogued by Peter Bicknell .... London, 1987. 34.
'The Camera' is a revised edition of the 'Speculum' of 1806 with three similar folding plates. Cf. Bicknell.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 142
BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy, bound in green publisher's cloth. Plate 3 disbound, inserted at end. Copy 2 is bound in original boards, as issued. Copy 3 is bound in original boards, as issued. Plate 1 disbound, inserted at end.
Illustrations by and after John Hassell.
Includes frontispiece. - Subject Terms:
- Drury, James -- Printer.Etching -- Specimens -- 1823.Landscape painting -- 19th century -- Great Britain.Landscape painting -- Technique.Marshall, R. -- Publisher.Simpkin, W. -- Printer.Watercolor painting -- 19th century -- Great Britain.Watercolor painting -- Technique.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- 1823.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1823. - Export:
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