The principles of drawing, or, An easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art : being a compleat drawing book containing a curious collection of examples in all the variety of cases : as the several parts of the human body, whole figures, landskips [sic], cattle, building, &c. curiously engraved on copper plates, after the designs of Albert Durer, Abrah. Bloemart, Carlo Morac, Le Clerc, Hollar, and other great masters : to which is prefix'd, an introduction to drawing; containing an account of the instruments and materials used in drawing, and the method of managing them; also instruction to form the judgment of a young beginner, and direct his hand in practice, with early and proper lessons for him at the first entrance : also, early and proper lessons for a young beginner, with instructions to form his judgment and direct his practice / translated from the French of Monsieur Gerard de Lairesse and improved with abstracts from C.A. Du Fresnoy.
Alternate Title(s):
Principles of drawing
Edition:
The fifth edition
Published / Created:
London : Printed and sold by Thomas Bowles, in St. Paul's Church-Yard and John Bowles and Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill, MDCCLII [1752]
Physical Description:
[2], 8, [2] p., [49] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Running title: Art of drawing.
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Subject Terms:
Composition (Art) -- Early works to 1800. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Bowles, Thomas -- Printer. | John Bowles and Son -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1752.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books. | Handbooks and manuals.
Contributors:
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668. | Roberts, Henry, approximately 1710-approximately 1790, engraver. | Vivarès, François, 1709-1780, engraver. | Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721, ill. | Boucher, Jean, approximately 1575-approximately 1633, ill. | Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, ill. | Bloemaert, Abraham, 1564-1651, ill. | Leclerc, Jean, active 1573-1627, ill. | Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, ill.
